English Literature CLEP Prep Practice Exam

Who wrote the novel Wuthering Heights?

1. Charlotte Bronte

2. Virginia Woolf

3. Emily Bronte

4. Jane Austen

The correct answer is: Emily Bronte

Emily Bronte wrote the novel Wuthering Heights. The other options, Charlotte Bronte, Virginia Woolf, and Jane Austen, are all prominent female authors of the same time period but they did not write Wuthering Heights. Charlotte Bronte is known for writing Jane Eyre, Virginia Woolf for Mrs. Dalloway, and Jane Austen for Pride and Prejudice. Therefore, these options are not correct. It is important to note that Emily Bronte, unlike her sisters Charlotte Bronte and Anne Bronte, chose to publish the novel under a male pseudonym, Ellis Bell. This adds an interesting historical context to the novel.