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Free CLEP Composition and Literature Exam Braindumps (page: 6)

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An interpretation of the characters Hester Prynne, Reverend Dimmesdale, and Roger Chillingworth as representing Eve, Adam, and Satan, respectively, is an example of

  1. irony
  2. allegory
  3. paradox
  4. simile
  5. pathos

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

An allegory is a story with two or more levels of meaning – a literal level and one or more symbolic levels. The events, setting, and characters in an allegory are symbols for ideas and qualities. An allegorical interpretation of The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, might view the story of Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale as the retelling of the story of Adam and Eve who were tempted by Satan, represented by Roger Chillingworth.



Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

In the above passage, the author is describing the

  1. ticking of grandfather clock
  2. chanting of the faithful
  3. cries of wild geese
  4. ringing of bells
  5. the hoof beats of horses

Answer(s): D

Explanation:

The word “tintinnabulation” refers to the ringing or sounding of bells. In addition, the passage is from the poem The Bells.



Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells

Who is the author of the above passage?

  1. Gerard Manley Hopkins
  2. Edgar Allan Poe
  3. Harriet Beecher Stowe
  4. Charles Brockden Brown
  5. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Answer(s): B

Explanation:

The passage is from The Bells, written by Edgar Allen Poe.



How was the envelope in the story “The Purloined Letter” hidden?

  1. In plain sight
  2. In a safe
  3. In a book
  4. Behind a painting
  5. Beneath a floor board

Answer(s): A

Explanation:

The envelope was disguised and placed in full view of all who entered the room. It was hidden in plain sight.






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