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CLEP World Literature

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1. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. William Yeats wrote...






9. 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.






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






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






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






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






14. The Lady of the Lake - an Arthurian Legend was written by...






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






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






18. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






19. The first of 4 stanzas discusses concerns about lost vision - the second of 4 stanzas describes how age causes man to lose sight of the divine - and the third of 3 stanzas is hopeful in that the memory of the divine allows us to sympathise with our f






20. 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






21. 18th Century authors






22. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






25. 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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26. 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






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






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






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






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






31. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






32. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






33. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






34. 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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35. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






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






39. What are the three things that are represented in 'Tale of the Tub'?






40. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






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






46. 19th Century authors






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






48. 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






49. 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






50. Yeats' concerns with confronting his old age come to the fore with this work







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