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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






2. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






3. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






6. 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






7. 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)






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






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






10. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






11. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






13. Falls into a stream after going crazy






14. 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.






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






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






17. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






19. 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...






20. 19th Century authors






21. 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






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






23. 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.






24. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






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






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






29. 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.






30. '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.'






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






32. 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






33. Modern English authors






34. William Yeats wrote...






35. The Comedians was written by who






36. 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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37. 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.






38. 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






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






40. 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






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






42. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






45. Works by Jonathon Swift

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46. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






48. A poem






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






50. 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.