CLEP College English Literature Exam (Latest 2023/ 2024 Update) Questions and Verified Answers| 100% Correct | Already Graded A
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Q: A young group of poets influenced by W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) and W.H. Auden (1907-
1973) that focused on conversational poetry full of self-reflection and common events was
known as “The Movement.” Which of the popular Modern-period poets below were members of
The Movement? (Choose all that apply.)
Edmond Charles Blunden (1896-1974)
Roy Broadbent Fuller (1912-1991)
John Betjeman (1906-1984) Philip
Arthur Larkin (1922-1985)
Donald Davie (1922-1995)
Answer:
roy broadband fuller
philip arthur larkin
donald davie
Q: Their works focused on experience and philosophy, as opposed to politics. The best-known
work Church Going (1955, by the best-known member of The Movement, Philip Arthur Larkin)
depicts a walk through a church by a contemplative skeptic.
Answer:
roy broadband fuller
philip arthur larkin
donald davie
Q: was a traditional poet named Poet Laureate in 1927. Collected Poems was his most popular
work.
Answer:
John Betjeman
Q: work often focused on his experiences from World War I. His famous collections include
Poems (1914) and After the Bombing (1950).
Answer:
Edmond Charles Blunden’s
Q: Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to defend my
veracity? Yahoo as I am, it is well known through all Houyhnhnmland, that, by the instructions
and example of my illustrious master, I was able in the compass of two years (although I confess
with the utmost difficulty) to remove that infernal habit of lying, shuffling, deceiving, and
equivocating, so deeply rooted in the very souls of all my species; especially the Europeans.
The author of this work is Jonathan __ (1667-1745), a noted satirist of the Neoclassical
period (1660-1798).
Answer:
swift
Q: Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to defend my
veracity? Yahoo as I am, it is well known through all Houyhnhnmland, that, by the instructions
and example of my illustrious master, I was able in the compass of two years (although I confess
with the utmost difficulty) to remove that infernal habit of lying, shuffling, deceiving, and
equivocating, so deeply rooted in the very souls of all my species; especially the Europeans.
Houyhnhnmland is one of the four lands that he travels to, and by calling himself a Yahoo he is
identifying with the deformed, lesser intelligent people of the land. The more intelligent
Houyhnhnm race is comprised of horse-like creatures, while the less intelligent Yahoos resemble
humans.
Answer:
gulliver’s travels by jonathan swift
Q: A type of play set in London and dealing with the common life of the middle-class
Englishman is called a _ comedy.
was popular around the turn of the 17th century. It was used by Ben Jonson for Bartholomew
Fair (1631).
Answer:
citizen
Q: A theatrical device frequently utilized by Shakespeare was pioneered in John Lyly’s
Galathea (1588). This device was:
a stage that jutted out into the audience.
casting girls to play the part of boys.
interludes.
using all-male casts to portray characters, both male and female.
secular drama, with no religious overtones.
Answer:
casting girls to play the part of boys
Q: who first pioneered casting girls to play the parts of boys
Answer:
john lyly
Q: _ was introduced by Henry Medwall’s interlude Flugens and Lucres (1495)
Answer:
secular drama
Q: (During the Elizabethan era [1558-1603] “” were instructive yet comical plays,
similar to morality plays but lighter in tone.)
Answer:
interludes
Q: Anne Brontë (1820-1848) used her real-life experiences to write Agnes Grey (1847). In her
next work, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) she drew on her personal experience with:
an abusive mother.
an abusive aunt.
an abusive uncle.
an abusive brother.
an abusive father.
Answer:
an abusive brother
Q: The Brontë’s brother, _ (1817-1848), was a childhood playmate of the sisters.
Together they created imaginary worlds to play in and that would eventually become the settings
for their early stories.
After being fired as a tutor, _ returned home and became an alcoholic. His dangerous
behavior afterwards provided the inspiration for the character of Arthur Huntingdon in Wildfell
Hall.
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