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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






4. 17th century authors






5. 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






6. 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.






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






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






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






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






11. '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.'






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






13. 18th Century authors






14. 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






15. English Christian writer and preacher Wrote Pilgrim's Progress - during his first imprisonment






16. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






18. 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






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






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






21. 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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22. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






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






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






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






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






30. Works by Jonathon Swift

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31. The 'shrew' of the title






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






33. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






34. 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






35. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






36. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






37. Falls into a stream after going crazy






38. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






39. 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.






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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






47. Gertrude - Claudius - Ophelia - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - 'double - double - toil and trouble.'






48. 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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49. The Waste Land and Four Quartets are written by...






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