CLEP College American Literature Exam (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct | Already Graded A
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Q: What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of
the House of Usher? It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies
that crowded upon me as I pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory
conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects
which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of the power lies among
considerations beyond our depth. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement
of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or
perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined
my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the
dwelling, and gazed down—but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the
remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly treestems, and the vacant and
eye-like windows.
- Which best expresses the effect that the House of Usher has on the narrator in the excerpt?
(A) It elicits agreeable feelings of melancholy.
(B) It inspires a surge of romantic longing.
(C) It evokes feelings of nostalgia.
(D) It induces an inexplicable sense of dread.
(E) It arouses a feeling of déjà vu.
Answer:
(D) It induces an inexplicable sense of dread.
Q: What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of
the House of Usher? It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies
that crowded upon me as I pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory
conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects
which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of the power lies among
considerations beyond our depth. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement
of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or
perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined
my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the
dwelling, and gazed down—but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the
remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly treestems, and the vacant and
eye-like windows.
- For the narrator, gazing into the “black and lurid tarn” (line 17) has what effect?
(A) It inspires a kind of self-assessment.
(B) It amplifies the house’s effect.
(C) It soothes his nerves.
(D) It diminishes his sense of fear.
(E) It reminds him of his mortality.
Answer:
(B) It amplifies the house’s effect.
Q: What was it—I paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of
the House of Usher? It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies
that crowded upon me as I pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory
conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects
which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of the power lies among
considerations beyond our depth. It was possible, I reflected, that a mere different arrangement
of the particulars of the scene, of the details of the picture, would be sufficient to modify, or
perhaps to annihilate its capacity for sorrowful impression; and, acting upon this idea, I reined
my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the
dwelling, and gazed down—but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the
remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly treestems, and the vacant and
eye-like windows. - The excerpt best exemplifies which kind of writing?
(A) Psychological realism
(B) Naturalistic realism
(C) Spiritual autobiography
(D) Historical romance
(E) Gothic romance
Answer:
(E) Gothic romance
Q: 19. At the end of the story from which the excerpt is drawn, what happens to the House of
Usher?
(A) It burns to the ground.
(B) It collapses into the tarn.
(C) It is abandoned by its occupants.
(D) It is torn down by the townspeople.
(E) It is restored by its owner.
Answer:
(B) It collapses into the tarn
Q: 20. Which of the following best describes a theme of Whitman’s poem “Out of the Cradle
Endlessly Rocking”?
(A) The desire of the poet to retreat to the protected life of the child
(B) The grief that overwhelmed America at Lincoln’s death
(C) The celebration of America as the hope of the world
(D) The anguish of a man confronted by war
(E) The awakening of the poet to his vocation
Answer:
(E) The awakening of the poet to his vocation
Q: 21. Which of the following did NOT write a slave narrative?
(A) Olaudah Equiano
(B) William Wells Brown
(C) Frederick Douglass
(D) Charles Brockden Brown
(E) Harriet Jacobs
Answer:
(D) Charles Brockden Brown
Q: Olaudah Equiano
Answer:
An antislavery activist who wrote a famous account of his enslavement.
Q: William Wells Brown
Answer:
the first african american novelist and playwright.
Q: Frederick Douglass
Answer:
Escaped slave and great black abolitionist who fought to end slavery through political action
Q: Charles Brockden Brown
Answer:
Wrote political pamphlets, but known for the early Amercian novel, wrote novels: Wieland,
Ormond, Edgar Huntly, Alcuin
Q: Harriet Jacobs
Answer:
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Q: These roses under my window make no reference to former roses or to better ones; they are
for what they are; they exist with God today. There is no time to them. There is simply the rose;
it is perfect in every moment of its existence. . . . But man postpones or remembers; he does not
live in the present, but with reverted eye laments the past, or, heedless of the riches that surround
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