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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. What is Gulliver's downfall in Gullivers Travels?






3. 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






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. Taming of the Shrew was written by...






6. Story written by Ben Johnson - there is an outbreak of the plague - and Lovewit leaves for the country - leaving a butler in charge of his house - -crazy things happen in the house - and the depravity of man and greed are shown by their actions when






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






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






9. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






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. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






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






21. 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






22. Book of poems






23. Who wrote The Eve of St. Agnes - Ode to a Nightingale - Ode on a Grecian Urn






24. 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.






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






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






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






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






29. Two famous magicians in Tragical History of Dr. Faustus






30. Kubla Khan The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel.is associated with what?






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






32. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






35. 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.






36. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






39. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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40. 18th Century authors






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






42. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






43. 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






44. 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






45. Jane Austen wrote ...






46. 17th century authors






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






48. '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 -






49. 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.






50. 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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