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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






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






6. 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






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






8. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






10. 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.






11. 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.






12. 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






13. 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






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






15. 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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. 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...






23. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






24. 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.






25. 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






26. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






28. 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






29. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






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






33. 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






34. This story is made up of 108 sonnets and 11 songs - 'aster' (star) Greek 'Stella' (star) Latin - 'Phil' (lover) - Thus Astrophel is the star lover - and Stella is his star.






35. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






37. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






39. 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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40. John Keats was known for what kind of writings?






41. Works by Charles Dickens






42. 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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43. 19th Century authors






44. 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






45. '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.'






46. 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.






47. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






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