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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 Moby Dick - during the American Renaissance Period (1830-1860) of American Literature






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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: Lately Sprung Up in American by Anne Bradstreet






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






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






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






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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