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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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






3. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






4. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






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






8. 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...






9. 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






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






11. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






24. William Yeats wrote...






25. 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






26. 19th Century authors






27. 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






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






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






30. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






32. Works by Charles Dickens






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






34. 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.






35. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






36. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






38. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






40. 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.






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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45. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






47. 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






48. 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?'






49. 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.






50. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?