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Test Prep CLEP Composition and Literature Exam
CLEP Composition and Literature: American Literature, English Literature, Humanities (Page 6 )

Updated On: 30-Jan-2026
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When one considers how transportation influences our day to day operations, one can appreciate why so many people take extra precautions to maintain their cars.

Change one can appreciate to explains. Your new sentence will begin with which of the following?

  1. Transportation’s influences
  2. The influence of transportation
  3. Influences due to transportation
  4. Because of the influence of transportation
  5. Transportation influence

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The instructions require you to move the phrase “transportation influences” to the position of subject. The correct answer reads: “The influence of transportation on our day to day operations explains why so many people take extra precautions to maintain their cars.”
A) would lead to: “Transportation’s influences on our day to day operations explains why so many people take extra precautions to maintain their cars.” (Subject-verb disagreement)
C) would lead to: “Influences due to transportation on our day to day operations explains why so many people take extra precautions to maintain their cars.” (Subject-verb disagreement)
D) would lead to: “Because of the influence of transportation on our day to day operations explains why so many people take extra precautions to maintain their cars.”
(Unsupported dependent clause)
E) would lead to: “Transportation influence on our day to day operations explains why so many people take extra precautions to maintain their cars.” (Missing possessive on “technology”)



A listener is treated to a unique and intriguing approach to jazz composition by Duke Ellington’s later works. Begin with “The later works of Duke Ellington”.

  1. cause the treating of the listener
  2. enable the reader to be treated
  3. treat the listener
  4. treats the listener
  5. is treating

Answer(s): C

Explanation:

The instructions make “works” the new subject of the sentence. The new sentence reads: “The later works of Duke Ellington treat the listener to a unique and intriguing approach to jazz composition.”
A) would lead to: “The later works of Duke Ellington cause the treating of the listener to a unique and intriguing approach to jazz composition.” (Awkward)
B) would lead to: “The later works of Duke Ellington enable the reader to be treated to a unique and intriguing approach to jazz composition.” (Awkward)
D) would lead to: “The later works of Duke Ellington treats the listener to a unique and intriguing approach to jazz composition.” (Subject-verb disagreement)
E) would lead to: “The later works of Duke Ellington is treating the listener to a unique and intriguing approach to jazz composition.” (Subject-verb disagreement)



Many states require motorcyclists to wear protective helmets, but a few leave the decision to the rider. Begin with “Although”.

  1. states leave
  2. states left
  3. states can be left
  4. states will have left
  5. states to be leaving

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

A revised sentence that begins with “Although” will probably read something like: “Although many states leave the decision to the rider, many require motorcyclists to wear protective helmets.”
B) would lead to: “Although many states left the decision to the rider, many require motorcyclists to wear protective helmets.” (Changes tense)
C) would lead to: “Although many states can be left to allow riders to make the decision, many require motorcyclists to wear protective helmets.” (Changes meaning of original; awkward)
D) would lead to: “Although many states will have left the decision to riders, many require motorcyclists to wear protective helmets.” (Awkward)
E) would lead to: “Although many states are to be leaving the decision to riders, many require motorcyclists to wear protective helmets.” (Awkward)



(1) I always thought trips to my grandmother’s house were boring.
(2) They were boring until I started to find out about my family’s past.
(3) As it turns out, I have some interesting relatives, including a professional dancer, a magician, and an entrepreneur.
(4) Even my grandmother never consider them to be interesting until we began to have our discussions.
(5) I remember her saying one time, “Hmm, I guess we’re related to some pretty unique people.”
(6) Everyone has to admit that the most interesting relative was grandmother’s cousin Jerry.
(7) Jerry was involved in more business schemes than you could imagine.
(8) He started a laundry service, a publishing company, a hat shop.
(9) He owned a minor league baseball team, a circus tent, and one of the country’s first motorcycle shops.
(10) Cousin Jerry had his hands in everything!
(11) None of his ventures turned a profit until he opened his famous ice cream shop.
(12) Jerry’s Ice Cream weren’t no ordinary ice cream store.
(13) He made some of the strangest flavors in the world: including tomato vanilla, chocolate watermelon, and even potato strawberry.
(14) As weird as those flavors may sound, people flocked to the store, perhaps just to try something so strange.
(15) Grandmother remembers how excited Jerry was when his shop became a success.

Which of the following is the best way to revise the underlined portions of sentences 1 and 2 (reproduced below) so that the two sentences are combined into one?

I always thought trips to my grandmother’s house were boring. They were boring until I started to find out about my family’s past.

  1. were boring to the point until
  2. were boring; that is, until
  3. were boring, not until
  4. were boring, until
  5. were boring until

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

E is the simplest and most concise combination of the two sentences. A has unnecessary verbiage with the phrase “to the point.” B improperly uses a semicolon to connect an independent clause to a dependent clause. The word “not” is unnecessary in C, as is the comma in D.



(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 the underlined portions of sentences 3 and 4 (reproduced below) so that the two sentences are combined into one?

You would tell the rock star to take his money. Then go back to his mansion, and stuff it.

  1. his money, and go
  2. his money, going
  3. his money and to go
  4. his money; go
  5. his money, go

Answer(s): E

Explanation:

The simplest way to combine the sentences is to create a series of items separated by commas: E. A adds the unnecessary conjunction “and” in the middle of the series. B disrupts the continuity of verbs, switching from “take” to “going” back to “stuff.” C is awkward by not establishing a series, and D incorrectly uses a semicolon in place of a comma.



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