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CSET English American Literature

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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