CLEP Humanities Lesson 4 Exam Questions And
100% Correct Answers
Emily Dickinson - ANSWER -American Romantic Poet
-Only published 5 poems
-Her poetic genius was discovered after her death
-Excelled at imagery
-"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
Walt Whitman - ANSWER -American Romantic Poet
-Poetry should be in the language of the common person
-His poetry contains spelling and grammatical errors
-Freely talked about love between different races
-"Leaves of Grass"
Symbolism - ANSWER -Truth cannot be expressed by words, and must be felt as emotion
created by poetry
-If we try to denote the truth by expressing it verbally, we fail, but if we recreate emotion
through art then we will understand it intuitively
Nathaniel Hawthorne - ANSWER -American Romantic Novelist
-Author of The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter - ANSWER -Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is the story of a woman in Puritan New England who gives birth to an illegitimate child.
She is required to wear the scarlet letter "A" sewn onto her clothes, as branding her as
an adulterer. Her child's father she refuses to name, and the letter, she wears as a
, badge of pride. She feels that she has done no wrong against human nature or human
feeling. She is the personification of the Romantic philosophy that humankind is innately
good.
Herman Melville - ANSWER -American Romantic Novelist
-Authored Moby Dick
-Wrote from experience in great detail about New England seafaring life
Moby Dick - ANSWER -Written by Herman Melville
white whale-among the Symbols in the novel, are the forces of nature beyond the human
control. He decides to fight it out with nature rather than learning to live with it.
Origin of species -ANSWER -Nonfiction novel by Charles Darwin
-Discovery of animals on a desolate uninhabited island led him to discover the theory of
evolution
-only the best adapted species survived
Realism - ANSWER Wrote of real life and the survival of humans despite nature, not
because of it
A Doll's House - ANSWER -First work of women's liberation
When a man takes on a long-term sickness, his wife takes over in the family's affairs:
working, managing finances, and making decisions, all while nursing him back to health.
When the husband gets well again, he expects all of the family authority to be returned
to him. She finds that she cannot and does not want to do so, and she leaves him--one
scandalous proposition for its time.
The Red Badge of Courage - ANS -Written by Stephen Crane
-Describes how a young man runs away from home for the adventure of the Civil War
-The title refers to a wound received in battle, which proves a soldier's courage. In his
first battle the protagonist retreats in cowardice from what he thinks will be certain
death and decides he will become a deserter. Instead, he joins another regiment,
becomes a hero, and earns his red badge of courage.
100% Correct Answers
Emily Dickinson - ANSWER -American Romantic Poet
-Only published 5 poems
-Her poetic genius was discovered after her death
-Excelled at imagery
-"Because I Could Not Stop for Death"
Walt Whitman - ANSWER -American Romantic Poet
-Poetry should be in the language of the common person
-His poetry contains spelling and grammatical errors
-Freely talked about love between different races
-"Leaves of Grass"
Symbolism - ANSWER -Truth cannot be expressed by words, and must be felt as emotion
created by poetry
-If we try to denote the truth by expressing it verbally, we fail, but if we recreate emotion
through art then we will understand it intuitively
Nathaniel Hawthorne - ANSWER -American Romantic Novelist
-Author of The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter - ANSWER -Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is the story of a woman in Puritan New England who gives birth to an illegitimate child.
She is required to wear the scarlet letter "A" sewn onto her clothes, as branding her as
an adulterer. Her child's father she refuses to name, and the letter, she wears as a
, badge of pride. She feels that she has done no wrong against human nature or human
feeling. She is the personification of the Romantic philosophy that humankind is innately
good.
Herman Melville - ANSWER -American Romantic Novelist
-Authored Moby Dick
-Wrote from experience in great detail about New England seafaring life
Moby Dick - ANSWER -Written by Herman Melville
white whale-among the Symbols in the novel, are the forces of nature beyond the human
control. He decides to fight it out with nature rather than learning to live with it.
Origin of species -ANSWER -Nonfiction novel by Charles Darwin
-Discovery of animals on a desolate uninhabited island led him to discover the theory of
evolution
-only the best adapted species survived
Realism - ANSWER Wrote of real life and the survival of humans despite nature, not
because of it
A Doll's House - ANSWER -First work of women's liberation
When a man takes on a long-term sickness, his wife takes over in the family's affairs:
working, managing finances, and making decisions, all while nursing him back to health.
When the husband gets well again, he expects all of the family authority to be returned
to him. She finds that she cannot and does not want to do so, and she leaves him--one
scandalous proposition for its time.
The Red Badge of Courage - ANS -Written by Stephen Crane
-Describes how a young man runs away from home for the adventure of the Civil War
-The title refers to a wound received in battle, which proves a soldier's courage. In his
first battle the protagonist retreats in cowardice from what he thinks will be certain
death and decides he will become a deserter. Instead, he joins another regiment,
becomes a hero, and earns his red badge of courage.
