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CSET English American Literature

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






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






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






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






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






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






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: Charles Frazier






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






37. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated: 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' by Walt Whitman






38. 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






39. Who wrote - The House of Mirth - during the Modern period (1900-1950) of American Literature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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