English Literature CLEP Prep Practice Exam

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Who wrote the novel The Catcher in the Rye?

  1. J.D. Salinger

  2. F. Scott Fitzgerald

  3. Ernest Hemingway

  4. Edgar Allen Poe

The correct answer is: J.D. Salinger

The novel The Catcher in the Rye was written by J.D. Salinger. Although B) F. Scott Fitzgerald, C) Ernest Hemingway, and D) Edgar Allen Poe are all well-known authors, they did not write this particular novel. Fitzgerald is known for The Great Gatsby, Hemingway for The Old Man and the Sea, and Poe for works such as The Raven and The Tell-Tale Heart. However, Salinger is the author of this classic coming-of-age novel.

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