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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. 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






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






7. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






8. 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.






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






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






11. '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 -






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






13. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






15. 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.






16. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






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






20. 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?'






21. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






24. 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.






25. Mary Shelley was his second wife






26. Book of poems






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






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

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






30. 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






31. Written by George Bernard Shaw - old version of My Fair Lady






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






33. Who is taken as prisoner to a people group smaller than him in Jonathon Swifts famous work?






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






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






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






37. Story written by Ben Johnson - there is an outbreak of the plague - and Lovewit leaves for the country - leaving a butler in charge of his house - -crazy things happen in the house - and the depravity of man and greed are shown by their actions when






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






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






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






41. 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






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






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






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






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






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






47. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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48. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






49. 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






50. 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







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