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CLEP World Literature

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1. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


2. Written by Graham Greene - The plot concerns Querry - who is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference - he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life






3. Hamlet is acting mad but he thinks that _________ killed his brother to gain power - has to admit to killing






4. Written by Christopher Marlowe - story about a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge - allotted twenty-four years of life on Earth - during which time he will have Mephistophilis as his personal servant. Then - he must repay with ti






5. Wrote Frankenstein - started writing at age 18 - and published at age 21






6. Three witches - protagonist loses himself to insanity and gets his wife involved as well - is declared king






7. Written by Thpmas Moore - in Latin -frame narrative - primarily depicting a fictional island society and the religious - social - and political customs.






8. What does Troilus reflect on in the story of Troilus and Criseyde?






9. Major italian poet - known as the 'Supreme Poet' - 'Father of the Italian Language' - Wrote Divine Comedy - a masterpiece of the world and very well known






10. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






11. Written by Christopher Marlowe - Barabas is the protagonist - who uses his daughter (Abigail) to make others mad - and when she finds out - she joins a nunnery. She is then poisoned.






12. The founder of gothic literature - Wrote The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne - Gaston de Blondeville - The Italian - The Mysteries of Udolpho - The Romance of the Forest and A Sicilian Romance.






13. Christian allegory - main character's name is CHRISTIAN - about his journey from his hometown 'city of Destruction' to the 'celestial City' (Heaven)


14. Criseyde becomes the object of affection for Troilus (a man who had scoffed at love) - There is an exchange of prisoners between the Trojans and the Greeks. Criseyde has to escape - but promises she will return to Troilus in 10 days. Who wrote this s






15. What is the satirical hyperbole in Jonathon Swifts 'A Modest Proposal'?






16. One of the earliest English history plays - telescopes most of Edward II's reign into a single narrative - beginning with the recall of his favourite - Piers Gaveston - from exile - and ending with his son Edward III's execution of Mortimer Junior fo






17. 17th century authors






18. Men and Women - a collection of fifty-one poems in two volumes - all of which are monologues spoken by different narrators - some identified and some not - was written by...






19. John Keats was known for what kind of writings?






20. A cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet






21. 18th Century authors






22. The Waste Land and Four Quartets are written by...






23. An English poet - polemicist - and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England - wrote Paradise Lost






24. Wrote Rape of the Lock - most famous for his heroic couplet






25. Many different types of people tell stories of their journeys - much more about the stories they tell - rather than the actual traveling.






26. 19th Century authors






27. William Yeats wrote...






28. Written by Emily Bronte - the name of a farmhouse - the all-encompassing and passionate - yet thwarted - love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.






29. Wrote 'Troilus and Criseyde' - 'The Knight's Tale' - 'Canterbury Tales' - known as the 'Father of English Literature' - considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages - first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey






30. The Heart of the Matter - A Burnt Out Case - The Comedians






31. Gertrude - Claudius - Ophelia - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - 'double - double - toil and trouble.'






32. His magnum opus was called 'The Prelude' - also wrote Ode on Intimation of Immortality






33. What is Gulliver's downfall in Gullivers Travels?






34. 18th Century Irish Satirist






35. The 'shrew' of the title






36. Viewed as a precursor of modernist literature - His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors






37. Written by Sir Walter Scott - Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe is disliked by his father because he loves a girl and is friends with some of the Normans -there is a tournament - and Ivanhoe is injured and the daughter wants to take him to get help - -battles e






38. Written by George Bernard Shaw - old version of My Fair Lady






39. This story is made up of 108 sonnets and 11 songs - 'aster' (star) Greek 'Stella' (star) Latin - 'Phil' (lover) - Thus Astrophel is the star lover - and Stella is his star.






40. A poem






41. Self published books by Robert Browning are entitled as what?






42. Songs of Innocence (and of experience) written by who






43. First person point of view of the orphan Pip - Miss Havisham and Estella are characters






44. 'April is the cruellest month' (its first line); 'I will show you fear in a handful of dust'; and (its last line) the mantra in the Sanskrit language 'Shantih shantih shantih.'






45. Cassio -Iago - Roderigo are characters in which Shakespeare play?






46. Works by Jonathon Swift


47. Leads readers from the first story into the smaller one within it - employs a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed - at least in part - for the purpose of setting the stage for a fictive narrative or organizing a set of






48. Hamlet thinks ________ is Claudius and kills him through the curtain






49. 'Tis better to have loved and lost - Than never to have loved at all. is an account of all Tennyson's thoughts and feelings as he copes with his grief over such a long period.






50. The poem satirises a petty squabble by comparing it to the epic world of the gods - Pope keeps a sense that beauty is fragile - and that the loss of a lock of hair touches Belinda deeply.