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CLEP World Literature

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1. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






3. The 'shrew' of the title






4. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






5. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






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






9. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






11. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






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






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






16. Modern English authors






17. 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






18. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






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






22. 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






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






24. Book of poems






25. '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 -






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






27. 'Tis better to have loved and lost - Than never to have loved at all. is an account of all Tennyson's thoughts and feelings as he copes with his grief over such a long period.






28. '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.'






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






30. 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






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






32. Two famous magicians in Tragical History of Dr. Faustus






33. A poem






34. 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.






35. 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.






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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?'






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






40. 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






41. Many different types of people tell stories of their journeys - much more about the stories they tell - rather than the actual traveling.






42. 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.






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






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






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






46. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






47. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






48. William Yeats wrote...






49. What are Mary Anne Evans writings well known for?






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