American Literature CLEP Prep Practice Exam

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Who wrote the novel Great Expectations?

John Steinbeck
Harper Lee
Lewis Carroll
Charles Dickens

The correct answer is: Charles Dickens

Great Expectations is a literary masterpiece written by Charles Dickens, making option D the correct answer. Option A, John Steinbeck, is incorrect because he is best known for his works Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath, but not for Great Expectations. Similarly, option B, Harper Lee, is known for writing To Kill a Mockingbird, not Great Expectations. Option C, Lewis Carroll, is also incorrect as he is known for his works Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, not Great Expectations. Hence, the correct answer is D, Charles Dickens.