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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






2. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






4. 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)






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






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






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






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






9. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






11. 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






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






13. 19th Century authors






14. 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...






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






16. Works by Charles Dickens






17. 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






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






19. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






20. Orphan who endures hardships - ends up with pickpocket-ers






21. '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.






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






23. 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.






24. William Yeats wrote...






25. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






27. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






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






31. 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






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






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






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






36. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






39. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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