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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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...






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






4. 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?'






5. 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?


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






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






8. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






10. 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






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






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






13. William Yeats wrote...






14. Book of poems






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






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






17. What time period are -Thomas Moore -Philip Sidney -Edmund Spenser -Shakespeare -Christopher Marlowe






18. Jane Austen wrote ...






19. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


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






21. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


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






23. Explores new thoughts on death by comparing/contrasting the mortal human with the immortal nightingale - ends with accepting the idea that pleasure must end and that death in not escapable






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






25. 17th century authors






26. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






27. 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.


28. 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.






29. 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






30. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who - disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry - looks for distraction in foreign lands.


31. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






39. 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






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






41. Works by Charles Dickens






42. 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






43. 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






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






50. '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.'