CLEP Humanities : Analyzing the Content of Nineteenth-Century Fiction
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Example Question #51 : Fiction
What is the nineteenth-century British novel that covers the events in a rural English city, involving multiple characters and events?
Pride and Prejudice
Great Expectations
Middlemarch
David Copperfield
Wuthering Heights
Middlemarch
Middlemarch, written by George Eliot (the pen name of Mary Ann Evans), was akin to many nineteenth-century English novels in that it had a wide scope in terms of characters and plot. In contrast to other novels of the time, however, Middlemarch featured a biting tone regarding its subjects, and did not feature a strong moral or societal lesson.
Example Question #52 : Fiction
Which nineteenth-century author wrote novels about fantastic adventures such as space travel, submarine expeditions, and hot air balloon trips?
George Eliot
Alexandre Dumas
Jules Verne
Victor Hugo
Charles Dickens
Jules Verne
Jules Verne was a French author who rose to prominence in the late nineteenth century from a series of novels with overlapping themes, known as Les Voyages Extraordinaires. His 1865 book From the Earth to the Moon detailed a space fight, 1870's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea chronicled a submarine voyage, and 1872's Around the World in Eighty Days followed a circumnavigation of the globe in a hot-air balloon.
Example Question #53 : Fiction
Which novel features a young man named Pip working his way through Victorian society?
Great Expectations
Wuthering Heights
Pride and Prejudice
A Tale of Two Cities
Middlemarch
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens' next-to-last novel, 1861's Great Expectations is often considered Dickens' most well-constructed and best-written novel. The story follows, in first person narrative, a young boy named Pip as he grows up and navigates Victorian London society through various connections he makes. The book is able to provide Dickens a platform to criticize Victorian manners and mores, as well as class structures.
Example Question #54 : Fiction
The Artful Dodger is a character in which Dickens novel?
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Treasure Island
Of Mice and Men
Oliver Twist
Peter Pan
Oliver Twist
In Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, the Artful Dodger is an orphan that mentors Oliver when he first arrives in London. The Dodger introduces Oliver to Mr. Finnegan, a gentleman that feeds and clothes a small army of orphans. In exchange, he teaches them to pick pockets and keeps the proceeds for himself.
Peter Pan was written by James Barrie; Treasure Island was written by Robert Louis Stephenson; The Hunchback of Notre Dame was written by Victor Hugo; and Of Mice and Men was written by John Steinbeck.
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