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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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






3. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






5. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






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






9. 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






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






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






12. '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.






13. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






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






17. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






24. Modern English authors






25. 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






26. William Yeats wrote...






27. 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






28. 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.






29. 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






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






31. 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.






32. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






35. The Comedians was written by who






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






37. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






39. 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






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






41. 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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42. '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 -






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






45. '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.'






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






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






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






49. Mary Shelley was his second wife






50. Three witches - protagonist loses himself to insanity and gets his wife involved as well - is declared king






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