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CLEP World Literature

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1. 18th Century authors






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






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






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






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






6. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






8. Jane Austen wrote ...






9. Works by Jonathon Swift

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10. Who wrote Faerie Queen? Recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy






11. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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12. 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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13. 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.






14. 18th Century Irish Satirist






15. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. 17th century authors






20. 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






21. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. Book of poems






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






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






27. 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






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






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






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






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






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






34. 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.






35. '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 -






36. The 'shrew' of the title






37. Works by Charles Dickens






38. This book is a fictional autobiography of the title character - a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela - encountering Native Americans - captives and mutineers before being rescued.






39. '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.






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






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






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






43. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






44. 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






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






46. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






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






50. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?







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