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