American Literature CLEP Prep Practice Exam

What is the title of the 1937 novel by Margaret Mitchell?

1. “The Catcher in the Rye”

2. “Their Eyes Were Watching God”

3. “The Scarlet Letter”

4. “Gone with the Wind”

The correct answer is: “Gone with the Wind”

Margaret Mitchell's 1937 novel is titled "Gone with the Wind." This story is set during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era and follows the life of Scarlett O'Hara. Option A, "The Catcher in the Rye," is a novel by J.D. Salinger and was published in 1951, over a decade after Margaret Mitchell's novel. Option B, "Their Eyes Were Watching God," is a novel by Zora Neale Hurston and was published in 1937, but it is not the correct answer. Option C, "The Scarlet Letter," is a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne and was published in 1850, almost a hundred years before Mitchell's novel. While all of these are important and significant works, the correct answer is "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell.