American Literature CLEP Prep Practice Exam

What novel by Ernest Hemingway follows a WWI veteran struggling to adjust to post-war life?

1. The Sun Also Rises

2. To Kill a Mockingbird

3. A Farewell to Arms

4. The Great Gatsby

The correct answer is: A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms is the correct answer because it is the only novel by Ernest Hemingway that follows a WWI veteran adjusting to post-war life. The Sun Also Rises, while also written by Hemingway, is set in the years following WWI but focuses on the lives of expatriates in Paris and Spain. To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee, not Ernest Hemingway, and is set in 1930s Alabama. The Great Gatsby is a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald that is set in the 1920s and follows the lives of wealthy individuals during the Jazz Age. Both of these options are incorrect and not written by Ernest Hemingway. Therefore, the correct answer is C A Farewell to Arms.