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CSET English American Literature

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






2. Who wrote - The Naked and the Dead - during Postmodern period (1950-1970) of American Literature






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






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






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






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






7. Who wrote - Common Sense - during the Revolutionary period (1760-1789) of American Literature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Identify the literary period with which the author/piece if associated:The Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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