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CLEP World Literature

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1. '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.'






2. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






3. 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.






4. 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...






5. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






6. 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)






7. 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






8. 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






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






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






11. Written by William Blake - the Lily - the Cloud - the Worm - the Clod of Clay...characters - asks the question 'why does the springtime of life inevitably fade so that all things must end?'






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






14. 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






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






16. 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.






17. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






18. A poem






19. In Faustus the protagonist is compared to ________ and indicates a fall from hubris (excessive pride)






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






21. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


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






23. 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






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






25. '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 -






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






27. Works by Charles Dickens






28. 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






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






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






32. Mary Shelley was his second wife






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






39. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






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






46. Works by Jonathon Swift


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






48. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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