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CSET English American Literature
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1. Who wrote Moby Dick - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Herman Melville
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
2. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: On the Road by Jack Kerouac
Edith Wharton
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
3. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
William Bradford
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
4. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Alice Walker
Herman Melville
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Ernest Hemingway
5. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
6. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
7. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Norman Mailer
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
8. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
9. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Jack Kerouac
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Anne Tyler
Anne Bradstreet
10. Who wrote Breathing Lessons - Contemporary (1970- present) American Literature?
Anne Tyler
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Thomas Paine
James Fenimore Cooper
11. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Arthur Miller
Edgar Allan Poe
Charles Frazier
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
12. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: James Fenimore Cooper
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Jack Kerouac
13. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Common Sense by Thomas Paine
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Crevecoeur
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
14. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: A Plain Discourse Showing Who Shall and Who Shall not Enter Heaven by Increase Mathers
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
15. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
16. Who wrote - 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Walt Whitman
James Fenimore Cooper
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Norman Mailer
17. Who wrote Walden - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Henry David Thoreau
James Fenimore Cooper
Ralph Waldo Emerson
William Bradford
18. Who wrote Leatherstocking Tales - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
Thomas Paine
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
19. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Henry David Thoreau
James Fenimore Cooper
Jack Kerouac
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
20. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Ernest Hemingway
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
21. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Anne Tyler
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Jack Kerouac
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Henry David Thoreau
22. Who wrote - The Naked and the Dead - during Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Norman Mailer
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Alice Walker
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
23. Who wrote - The House of Mirth - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Edith Wharton
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Thomas Paine
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
24. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' by Walt Whitman
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Anne Bradstreet
Ralph Waldo Emerson
25. Who wrote - The Call of the Wild - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Increase Mathers
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Jack London
26. Who wrote Cold Mountain - Contemporary (1970- present) American Literature?
Charles Frazier
Edgar Allan Poe
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
27. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
28. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Anne Bradstreet
James Fenimore Cooper
James Fenimore Cooper
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
29. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Call of the Wild by Jack London
James Fenimore Cooper
Arthur Miller
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
30. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Edgar Allan Poe
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
31. Who wrote - Common Sense - during the Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Anne Tyler
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Henry David Thoreau
Thomas Paine
32. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Declaration of Independence
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
33. Who wrote - One the Road - during the Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Jack Kerouac
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
34. Who wrote - Lately Sprung Up in American during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Anne Bradstreet
James Fenimore Cooper
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
35. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Tenth Muse by Anne Bradstreet
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Alice Walker
Walt Whitman
36. Who wrote The Prairie - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
37. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Jack London
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Arthur Miller
Jack Kerouac
Alice Walker
38. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Edith Wharton
Crevecoeur
Edgar Allan Poe
James Fenimore Cooper
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
39. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Lately Sprung Up in American by Anne Bradstreet
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
Increase Mathers
Norman Mailer
40. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Charles Frazier
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Arthur Miller
41. Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
James Fenimore Cooper
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
42. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: William Bradford
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Crevecoeur
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
43. Who wrote The Pioneers - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American
Anne Bradstreet
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
Edgar Allan Poe
44. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Increase Mathers
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
45. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Thomas Paine
Herman Melville
James Fenimore Cooper
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
46. Who wrote The Deerslayer - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American
Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
James Fenimore Cooper
47. Who wrote - History of the Plymouth Plantation - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
William Bradford
Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
48. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature
Arthur Miller
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature
Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)
49. Who wrote The Color Purple - Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)?
Alice Walker
Anne Bradstreet
American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature
James Fenimore Cooper
50. Who wrote - A Plain Discourse Showing Who Shall and Who Shall not Enter Heaven - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature
Increase Mathers
Ernest Hemingway
Arthur Miller
Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature