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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






4. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






7. 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






8. 17th century authors






9. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






10. William Yeats wrote...






11. 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.






12. 19th Century authors






13. 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






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






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. 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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17. 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?

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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. 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






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






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






24. Works by Charles Dickens






25. 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






26. Works by Jonathon Swift

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27. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






28. '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 -






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






30. 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






31. 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.






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






33. 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?'






34. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






35. 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.






36. 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






37. Book of poems






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






39. 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






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






41. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






44. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






45. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






46. 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.






47. About the legend og King Aurthur who is still in love with who?.






48. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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