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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 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.






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






5. 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






6. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






9. 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






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






11. What is it called when each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'Alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. what story is written this way?

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12. Modern English authors






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






14. Written by Percy Shelley - the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus and his suffering at the hands of Zeus.






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






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






17. Criseyde then falls for Deiphobus - Troilus is killed by who?






18. 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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19. Songs of Innocence (and of experience) written by who






20. 18th Century authors






21. If the daughters don't marry and the father dies - the girls and their mom will be left without a home. Main characters: Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy






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






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






24. The Comedians was written by who






25. Heroine thinks she is good at matchmaking and thinks that she will never find love for herself - ends up with Knightley after a long time






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Written by William Blake - a collection of illustrated poems






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






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






34. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






35. Kubla Khan The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel.is associated with what?






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






37. Yeats' concerns with confronting his old age come to the fore with this work






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






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






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






41. What are the three things that are represented in 'Tale of the Tub'?






42. 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.






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






44. '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.






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






46. 18th Century Irish Satirist






47. 19th Century authors






48. The poem focuses on two scenes: one in which a lover eternally pursues a beloved without fulfilment - and another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice.






49. William Yeats wrote...






50. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?