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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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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2. Book of poems






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






4. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






6. 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






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






8. Written by John Milton - epic poem in blank verse - separated into 12 books - the story of the Fall of Man - contains two arcs: One of Satan (Lucifer) and another of Adam and Eve - about how Satan volunteers himself to poison the newly created Earth






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






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






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






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






14. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






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






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






22. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






23. 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






24. 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






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






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






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






28. The 'shrew' of the title






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






30. Wrote 'Troilus and Criseyde' - 'The Knight's Tale' - 'Canterbury Tales' - known as the 'Father of English Literature' - considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages - first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey






31. If the daughters don't marry and the father dies - the girls and their mom will be left without a home. Main characters: Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy






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






33. 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.






34. 18th Century authors






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






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






42. 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.






43. William Yeats wrote...






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






45. The Faerie Queene - an allegorical work - written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I - an epic - incomplete poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the?






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






48. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






49. 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)






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