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CSET English American Literature

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1. Who wrote - Common Sense - during the Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature






2. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Alice Walker






3. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Jack London






4. Who wrote - One the Road - during the Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature






5. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Edgar Allan Poe






6. Who wrote Cold Mountain - Contemporary (1970- present) American Literature?






7. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Nature by Ralph Waldo Emerson






8. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated:The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller






9. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: James Fenimore Cooper






10. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece is associated: History of the Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford






11. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Color Purple by Alice Walker






12. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Anne Bradstreet






13. Who wrote The Deerslayer - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






14. Who wrote The Prairie - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






15. Who wrote - Letters from an American Farmer - and What is an American? - during the Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature






16. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Declaration of Independence






17. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Walden by Henry David Thoreau






18. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton






19. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Edith Wharton






20. Who wrote Nature - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature






21. Who wrote Breathing Lessons - Contemporary (1970- present) American Literature?






22. Who wrote The Color Purple - Contemporary American Literature (1970- present)?






23. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: On the Road by Jack Kerouac






24. Who wrote - 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature






25. Who wrote - The Call of the Wild - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature






26. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: William Bradford






27. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Tenth Muse by Anne Bradstreet






28. Who wrote - The Tenth Muse - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature






29. Who wrote The Pathfinder - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






30. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Thomas Paine






31. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Crevecoeur.






32. Who wrote - The Death of a Salesman - during the Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature






33. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Norman Mailer






34. Who wrote Leatherstocking Tales - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature






35. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Charles Frazier






36. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Henry David Thoreau






37. Who wrote The Raven - and Tell Tale Heart - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American Literature






38. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Ernest Hemingway






39. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Increase Mathers






40. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Raven and Other Poems by Edgar Allan Poe






41. Who wrote - A Plain Discourse Showing Who Shall and Who Shall not Enter Heaven - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature






42. Who wrote The Last of the Mohicans - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






43. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Jack Kerouac






44. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Moby Dick by Herman Melville






45. Who wrote Moby Dick - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature






46. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Lately Sprung Up in American by Anne Bradstreet






47. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Ralph Waldo Emerson






48. Who wrote - The Sun Also Rises - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature






49. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Anne Tyler






50. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Herman Melville