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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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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7. 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.






8. '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.'






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






10. 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.






11. 18th Century authors






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






13. 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






14. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






17. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






18. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






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






21. 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






22. An English poet - polemicist - and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England - wrote Paradise Lost






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






24. 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.






25. '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.






26. 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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27. What is Gulliver's downfall in Gullivers Travels?






28. 19th Century authors






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






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






31. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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.






39. The Comedians was written by who






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. 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.






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






45. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






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






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