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CLEP World Literature

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






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. What time period are -Thomas Moore -Philip Sidney -Edmund Spenser -Shakespeare -Christopher Marlowe






5. The title comes from the day (or evening) before the feast of Saint Agnes






6. Mary Shelley was his second wife






7. 18th Century Irish Satirist






8. 18th Century authors






9. 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






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






11. 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.






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






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






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






15. 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






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






17. '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.






18. Written by John Milton - epic poem in blank verse - separated into 12 books - the story of the Fall of Man - contains two arcs: One of Satan (Lucifer) and another of Adam and Eve - about how Satan volunteers himself to poison the newly created Earth






19. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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20. 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






21. Is a group of sonnets thematically unified to create a long work - although generally - unlike the stanza - each sonnet so connected can also be read as a meaningful separate unit.






22. Jane Austen wrote ...






23. 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






24. Works by Charles Dickens






25. Falls into a stream after going crazy






26. 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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27. 17th century authors






28. Biographia Literaria - coined the term suspension of disbelief - a long - loosely structured autobiography of who? Samuel Coleridge






29. 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)






30. '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.'






31. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






32. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






34. 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.






35. The 'shrew' of the title






36. Works by Jonathon Swift

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37. 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






38. Taming of the Shrew was written by...






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. 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.






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






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






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






47. 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






48. Sent to a boarding school - walks to find his only relative - his aunt - marries Agnes and has a child whom he names after Aunt Betsy






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






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