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Free CLEP Composition and Literature Exam Braindumps (page: 12)

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Which of the following novels tells the story of a young man’s social and financial failure and ends with his execution?

  1. An American Tragedy
  2. The Great Gatsby
  3. Absalom Absalom
  4. The Financier
  5. As I Lay Dying

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

An American Tragedy, by Theodore Dreiser, tells the story of a young man’s quest for social and financial success that results instead in his execution for murder.



Aunt Polly, Becky Thatcher, and Injun Joe are characters in the writing of

  1. Wallace Stevens
  2. Robert Penn Warren
  3. Langston Hughes
  4. Mark Twain
  5. Thomas Wolfe

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

All three characters appear in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and the first character listed, Aunt Polly, has a minor role in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.



In Mark Twain’s novels, what role does Judge Thatcher play in Huck Finn’s life?

  1. He controls Huck’s money.
  2. He is Huck’s adopted father.
  3. He enters the conviction at Huck’s trial.
  4. He rules that Huck is to live with Tom Sawyer.
  5. He does not know Huck.

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Judge Thatcher is in charge of Huck’s money while he remains a minor since Huck’s father is an alcoholic and unfit parent.



Which of the following is NOT a recognizable theme in Henry James’s Daisy Miller?

  1. Reality may differ from appearance
  2. Knowledge as evil versus inexperience as innocence
  3. Natural impulse versus cultured behavior
  4. Problems of communication
  5. American materialism versus European spirituality

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

A comparison of materialism versus spirituality is not a significant theme in the novel Daisy Miller.






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