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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






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






3. 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






4. 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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5. The 'shrew' of the title






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






7. 19th Century authors






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






9. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






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






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






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






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






16. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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






22. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






24. Book of poems






25. '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.






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






27. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






30. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






32. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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33. 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...






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






35. William Yeats wrote...






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






37. '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 -






38. 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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39. Works by Jonathon Swift

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40. 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






41. 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.






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






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






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






45. 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






46. 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.






47. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






49. A poem






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