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