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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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






3. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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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11. 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






12. 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.






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






14. William Yeats wrote...






15. 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.






16. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






18. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






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






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






22. 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.






23. 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...






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






25. 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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26. Orphan who endures hardships - ends up with pickpocket-ers






27. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






35. 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






36. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






38. 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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Works by Charles Dickens






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






46. The 'shrew' of the title






47. Written by Percy Shelley - the torments of the Greek mythological figure Prometheus and his suffering at the hands of Zeus.






48. A poem






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






50. 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.