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