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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






4. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






6. A poem






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. '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.






14. 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.






15. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






17. William Yeats wrote...






18. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






19. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






20. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






21. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






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






25. 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






26. '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.'






27. 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






28. 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)






29. 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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30. 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.






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






33. 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...






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






35. Book of poems






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






37. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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38. The Comedians was written by who






39. 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.






40. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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41. 18th Century authors






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






43. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 19th Century authors