CLEP Humanities : Analyzing the Content of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Fiction
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Example Question #1 :Analyzing The Content Of Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century Fiction
The Lilliputians are a created people who are introduced in the novel__________.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Robinson Crusoe
Gulliver's Travels
The History of Sir Charles Grandison
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travelsis a satirical novel by the Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift, published in 1726. In it, Swift satirizes the popular "travelogue" by having his main character, Lemuel Gulliver, visit various odd worlds and locations. Among these are the civilized horses called the Houyhnhnms, the giant Brobdingnagians, and the diminutive Lilliputians.
Example Question #2 :Analyzing The Content Of Seventeenth And Eighteenth Century Fiction
What was the eighteenth-century novel which details the story of a mariner marooned on an island in the South Pacific?
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
Gulliver's Travels
Robinson Crusoe
The Expedition of Humphrey Clinker
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe'sRobinson Crusoewas based on the true story of the lost Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk. Defoe's work, first published in 1719, is often considered the first novel to be written in English, as Defoe recounted the story of Crusoe in a manner not unlike a prose account of a real event.
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