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CSET English American Literature

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. Who wrote - The House of Mirth - during the Modern period (1900-1950) 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: 'Oh Captain - My Captain!' by Walt Whitman






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