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CLEP World Literature

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1. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






2. 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






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. 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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






9. 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.






10. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






13. '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.'






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






15. 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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16. 19th Century authors






17. 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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18. 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






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






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






21. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






24. 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






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






26. Book of poems






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






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






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






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






31. The Waste Land and Four Quartets are written by...






32. 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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






38. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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39. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






40. 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






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






42. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






44. 18th Century authors






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






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






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






48. Mary Shelley was his second wife






49. Three witches - protagonist loses himself to insanity and gets his wife involved as well - is declared king






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