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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






9. The Comedians was written by who






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






11. Book of poems






12. What are Mary Anne Evans writings well known for?






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


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






15. The first tale from Canterbury Tales - this story was written in iambic pentameter - about courtly love and ethical dilemmas - Arcite and Palamon are imprisoned. They both fall for a woman named Emily which causes tension and hate.


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






17. 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






18. Two famous magicians in Tragical History of Dr. Faustus






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






20. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






21. 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.






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






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. Lord Byron wrote a satiric poem based on the legend of who?






25. 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.






26. 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.






27. Modern English authors






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






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






30. English Christian writer and preacher Wrote Pilgrim's Progress - during his first imprisonment






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






32. 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?


33. 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






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






35. 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.


36. A poem






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






38. 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.






39. The Waste Land and Four Quartets are written by...






40. 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?'






41. 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






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






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






44. 18th Century authors






45. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






48. 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






49. Falls into a stream after going crazy






50. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels