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