CLEP Humanities : Analyzing the Content of Nineteenth-Century Fiction
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Example Question #21 : Analyzing The Content Of Fiction
What is the nineteenth-century British novel that covers the events in a rural English city, involving multiple characters and events?
Great Expectations
Wuthering Heights
Pride and Prejudice
David Copperfield
Middlemarch
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 #22 : Analyzing The Content Of Fiction
Which nineteenth-century author wrote novels about fantastic adventures such as space travel, submarine expeditions, and hot air balloon trips?
Victor Hugo
Charles Dickens
Alexandre Dumas
George Eliot
Jules Verne
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 #23 : Analyzing The Content Of Fiction
Which novel features a young man named Pip working his way through Victorian society?
A Tale of Two Cities
Middlemarch
Great Expectations
Pride and Prejudice
Wuthering Heights
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 #24 : Analyzing The Content Of Fiction
The Artful Dodger is a character in which Dickens novel?
Peter Pan
Of Mice and Men
Oliver Twist
Treasure Island
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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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