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CSET English American Literature

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






2. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Leatherstocking Tales by James Fenimore Cooper






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






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






5. Who wrote The Pioneers - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






6. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Walt Whitman






7. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Call of the Wild by Jack London






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






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






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






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






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






13. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer






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






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






16. Who wrote - Lately Sprung Up in American during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature






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






18. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier






19. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: Letters from an American Farmer Crevecoeur.






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






34. Who wrote - History of the Plymouth Plantation - during the Colonial Period (1630-1760) of American Literature






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






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






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:The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Who wrote Walden - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature






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






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