CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature Practice Test 1

Answer all 82 questions in 95 minutes. Every question has one best answer chosen from five options (A--E). This practice test uses twelve wholly original literary excerpts---five poems, five prose passages, and two drama scenes---written specifically for this book and not drawn from any published or copyrighted work; every excerpt is presented unattributed, the way passages appear on the actual exam, so that questions test close-reading skill rather than outside biographical or historical knowledge of named authors or works. Genre distribution approximates the official exam's weighting (poetry and prose each roughly 35--45 percent of items, drama roughly 15--30 percent). Read each excerpt fully before answering the questions that follow it, and reread any lines an item points you back to. No calculator or outside reference material is used on this exam. This independently written practice test is not an official CLEP form.