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CLEP World Literature

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1. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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2. In Faustus the protagonist is compared to ________ and indicates a fall from hubris (excessive pride)






3. 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






4. What is significant about Jonathon Swift's story 'Tale of a Tub'






5. Deals with man's relationship with time - the universe - and the divine - only through realizing Christ's sacrifice for mankind is an individual capable of being saved.






6. 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






7. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






8. About the legend og King Aurthur who is still in love with who?.






9. 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.






10. Story written by Ben Johnson - there is an outbreak of the plague - and Lovewit leaves for the country - leaving a butler in charge of his house - -crazy things happen in the house - and the depravity of man and greed are shown by their actions when






11. A collection of English poems by Robert Browning - first published in 1845 as the seventh volume in a series of self-published books






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






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






14. The Faerie Queene - an allegorical work - written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I - an epic - incomplete poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the?






15. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






16. English Christian writer and preacher Wrote Pilgrim's Progress - during his first imprisonment






17. The first of 4 stanzas discusses concerns about lost vision - the second of 4 stanzas describes how age causes man to lose sight of the divine - and the third of 3 stanzas is hopeful in that the memory of the divine allows us to sympathise with our f






18. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






21. Surface meaning: hell - Heaven - and purgatory -The Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso






22. Who wrote The Eve of St. Agnes - Ode to a Nightingale - Ode on a Grecian Urn






23. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






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






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






28. A poem






29. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who - disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry - looks for distraction in foreign lands.

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30. 'Money - money - money - and what money can make of life' - a rich man dies - the will says that John Harmon will get the estate if he marries a woman named Bella whom he has never met -






31. The Lady of the Lake - an Arthurian Legend was written by...






32. 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






33. 17th century authors






34. 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






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






36. Pen name for Mary Anne Evans - one of the leading writers of the Victorian era - went by a male name so that she would be taken seriously. Wrote The Mill on the Floss (1860) - Silas Marner (1861) - Middlemarch (1871-72) - and Daniel Deronda (1876)






37. 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






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






39. Is meant to represent man's sinful attachment to worldly things - Amelia and Becky are characters in what story?






40. The Comedians was written by who






41. Wrote 'Astrophel and Stella' - one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age - English poet - courtier - and soldier






42. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






44. 18th Century authors






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






46. Scobie - Yusef - Tallit - Dicky commits suicide - and tries to make it seem natural






47. Orphan who endures hardships - ends up with pickpocket-ers






48. The first tale from Canterbury Tales - this story was written in iambic pentameter - about courtly love and ethical dilemmas - Arcite and Palamon are imprisoned. They both fall for a woman named Emily which causes tension and hate.

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49. Lord Byron wrote a satiric poem based on the legend of who?






50. Two famous magicians in Tragical History of Dr. Faustus