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CSET English American Literature

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who wrote The Prairie - during the Nationalist period (1828-1836) of American






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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: Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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