LuBee Wrote:I am sorry to say that I have not taken this CLEP. But there is a new book out that looks like it may be similar to the Complete Idiots Guide to American Literature. That is all that seems to be needed to pass the American Lit test. So hopefully the Complete Idiots Guide to English Literature is just as good. Here is the link: Amazon.com: The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature (Complete Idiot's Guide to): Books: Ph.D., Jay Stevenson

If you end up buying it and taking the test, let us what you think of it, okay?

JoliesMom Wrote:HI! I took English literature on 4/11/2007. I also had a hard time finding study information. There was one question on a Canadian female author. I forgot all 4 answers but I marked Sylvia Plath and that was wrong. I was really taken by surprise for this question. There are several questions with a review of a work and you need to reply with either the name of the work or the author. There are 4 or 5 questions where they give you pairs of characters from Shakespere and you answer the title. There are 4 questions where they want to know which 2 authors worked together to write plays, satire, novels, poetry. I remembered reading this, but of course couldn't remember at test time. One question is who wrote the 1st dictionary in English. There is one question about the name of a poem someone wrote in response to his friends death. The answer was In Memorium. A lot of questions gave a passage and then they asked specific questions about the meaning of phrases and either the name of the work or the author. I really stressed about studying and not knowing enough, but the test itself was much better than I thought. Good Luck!!! I really think you will do ok.