Unit 5 of 5
Study guide for CLEP CLEP American Literature — Unit 5: Contemporary (1945-Present). Practice questions, key concepts, and exam tips.
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Sylvia Plath, Robert Lowell, and Elizabeth Bishop are poets associated with what literary period?
the Colonial period
the Romantic period
Realism/Naturalism
Modernism
Contemporary (post-1945)
Answer: E — "Contemporary (post-1945)" is correct because they are post-1945 poets, not Colonial or Romantic.
Which author wrote the novel Underworld?
Don DeLillo
Thomas Pynchon
John Updike
Philip Roth
Robert Stone
Answer: A — Don DeLillo is correct because DeLillo wrote Underworld, not Pynchon's Vineland.
Who wrote the novel Rabbit, Run?
John Updike
Philip Roth
Saul Bellow
Joyce Carol Oates
Norman Mailer
Answer: A — John Updike is correct because Updike wrote Rabbit, Run, not Roth's Portnoy's Complaint.
Which play is a classic portrayal of the American Dream's dark underbelly through the character of Willy Loman?
A Streetcar Named Desire
Death of a Salesman
The Crucible
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Long Day's Journey into Night
Answer: B — Death of a Salesman is correct because Death of a Salesman critiques the American Dream.
Which author wrote the novel Beloved?
John Updike
Philip Roth
Toni Morrison
Joyce Carol Oates
Arthur Miller
Answer: C — Toni Morrison is correct because Morrison wrote Beloved, not Updike's Rabbit series.
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