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Free CLEP Composition and Literature Exam Braindumps (page: 15)

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Which of the following stories concerns an execution carried out during civil war?

  1. “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”
  2. ”A Good Man is Hard to Find”
  3. ”The Story Teller”
  4. “The Luck of Roaring Camp”
  5. “The Killers”

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Ambrose Bierce describes the last thoughts and visions of a man hung from Owl Creek Bridge during the Civil War.



The autobiography of Booker T. Washington is

  1. The Souls of Black Folk
  2. Invisible Man
  3. Up from Slavery
  4. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
  5. Native Son

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

Booker T. Washington’s autobiography Up From Slavery was first serialized in the magazine Outlook from 1900-1901 and published in book form in 1901.



Which novelist and critic wrote the successful play The Mouse Trap in 1889 that was set in the Boston Back Bay neighborhood?

  1. William Dean Howells
  2. William Faulkner
  3. Henry James
  4. Mark Twain
  5. Frederick Douglass

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

Howells’s play The Mouse Trap focused on an incident between a married couple living in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood.



The increased regional nature of American fiction in the 1800s was caused by all of the following EXCEPT

  1. a desire to realistically expose the problems caused by modern living
  2. a reaction to the homogenizing effect of industrialization
  3. wider magazine circulation
  4. greater female readership
  5. a lack of good transportation options

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

Increased regionalism in American fiction was not caused by a lack of good transportation. In fact, American fiction became more regionally distinct despite improvements in transportation.






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