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CLEP World Literature

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1. Three witches - protagonist loses himself to insanity and gets his wife involved as well - is declared king






2. Modern English authors






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






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






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






6. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






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






10. 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.






11. 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






12. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






15. 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






16. 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






17. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






18. Christian allegory - main character's name is CHRISTIAN - about his journey from his hometown 'city of Destruction' to the 'celestial City' (Heaven)


19. 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.






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






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






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






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






24. 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






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






26. 19th Century authors






27. 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.


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






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 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






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






36. Works by Charles Dickens






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. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






40. 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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


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






47. 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






48. '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.






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






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