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CLEP World Literature

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1. '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.'






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






8. '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.






9. Who is taken as prisoner to a people group smaller than him in Jonathon Swifts famous work?






10. This book is a fictional autobiography of the title character - a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela - encountering Native Americans - captives and mutineers before being rescued.






11. 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)






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






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






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






15. 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






16. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






19. Book of poems






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






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






22. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






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






25. Jane Austen wrote ...






26. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






27. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






28. 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.






29. 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






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






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






32. Explores new thoughts on death by comparing/contrasting the mortal human with the immortal nightingale - ends with accepting the idea that pleasure must end and that death in not escapable






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






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

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






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






37. Modern English authors






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






39. 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.






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






41. Written by William Blake - the Lily - the Cloud - the Worm - the Clod of Clay...characters - asks the question 'why does the springtime of life inevitably fade so that all things must end?'






42. William Yeats wrote...






43. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






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






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






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






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






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