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Question 1

I am a rather elderly man. The nature of my avocations for the last thirty years has brought me into more than ordinary contact with what would seem an interesting and somewhat singular set of men of whom as yet nothing that I know of has ever been written: – mean the law copyists or scriveners. The sentence above was written by

A : Herman Melville

B : Margaret Fuller

C : Rebecca Harding Davis

D : Walt Whitman

E : George Washington Harris

Answer: A

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an essential element in American Realistic fiction?

A : An emphasis on real experiences

B : Characters who are more important than plots

C : Attacks on Romanticism and Romantic writers

D : An examination of idealism and the foundations of morality

E : Gender and race relations

Answer: A

Question 3

(1) If your favorite rock star asked you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

(2) Of course not; no way!

(3) You would tell the rock star to take his money.

(4) Then go back to his mansion, and stuff it.

(5) You make your own decisions; the idea of risking your life on the whim of a famous singer is just plain

nonsense.

(6) Even if you truly adore music, it is not a factor that dictates your every move.

(7) Some young people would do anything for a particular music performer.

(8) They would flock to jump off the bridge if their favorite music icon asked them to do so.

(9) Because popular music, more than any other aspect of youth culture, holds an extremely powerful clutch on

its very impressionable audience.

(10) Occasionally that clutch can have a positive effect.

(11) For example, some artists put forth positive messages.

(12) More often, however, the messages in popular songs are destructive.

(13) Children require guidance, and they are easily fooled by music that provides either false hope or

hopelessness.

(14) Adults need to learn about popular music to know which performers preach a positive (or at least

harmless) message and those that can be truly destructive to a young person’s life.

(15) This is a tough job.

(16) But it is an important job.

Which of the following is the best way to revise sentence 2?

A : (No change)

B : Change the semicolon to an exclamation point and capitalize “no”

C : Change the semicolon to a comma

D : Change the semicolon to a period and omit “no way!”

E : Change the exclamation point to a period

Answer: D

Question 4

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark,” Aylmer commits a fatal error when his

A : faith in science causes him to try to improve on nature

B : disapproval of church leaders weakens his faith in God

C : hand shakes during surgery

D : greed causes him to lose his business

E : trust in his assistant brings about failure

Answer: A

Question 5

Which Eugene O’Neill play is an autobiographical account of his Irish-American family?

A : Beyond the Horizon

B : Long Day’s Journey into Night

C : Strange Interlude

D : Anna Christie

E : Bound East for Cardiff

Answer: B

Name:	American Literature, English Literature, Humanities
Exam Code:	CLEP-Composition-and-Literature
Certification:	CLEP
Vendor:	Test Prep
Total Questions:	218
Last Updated:	Apr 24, 2024

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