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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






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






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






4. 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






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






6. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






7. 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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8. 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






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






10. The Comedians was written by who






11. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






12. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






15. 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






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






18. 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?'






19. 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.






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






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






22. 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






23. 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)






24. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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25. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






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






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






30. 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.






31. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






32. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






33. '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 -






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






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






36. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






38. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. William Yeats wrote...






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






47. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






48. 18th Century authors






49. 19th Century authors






50. 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