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CLEP World Literature

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1. Book of poems






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






3. A poem






4. 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.






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






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






7. 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.






8. 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)






9. 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.






10. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






11. 17th century authors






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






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. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






16. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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17. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






20. His magnum opus was called 'The Prelude' - also wrote Ode on Intimation of Immortality






21. 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






22. 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






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






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






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






28. 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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






36. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






46. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






49. '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.'






50. 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.