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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






2. 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






3. 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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4. 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...






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






6. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






7. 18th Century authors






8. 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






9. Falls into a stream after going crazy






10. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






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






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






15. 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






16. 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.






17. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






18. 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






19. 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.






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






21. 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.

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22. Pen name for Mary Anne Evans - one of the leading writers of the Victorian era - went by a male name so that she would be taken seriously. Wrote The Mill on the Floss (1860) - Silas Marner (1861) - Middlemarch (1871-72) - and Daniel Deronda (1876)






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






24. 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






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






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. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






29. Who wrote Faerie Queen? Recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy






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






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






32. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






34. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






35. Written about - Emperor of Persia... defeats different countries - He claims he is greater than God and is struck dead - his sons gain power






36. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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37. 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






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






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






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






41. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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42. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






45. '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 -






46. 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






47. 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.






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






49. 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






50. '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.'