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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






2. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. 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.






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






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






11. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






14. 18th Century authors






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






16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






23. 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.

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24. 17th century authors






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






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






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






28. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






30. 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






31. 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






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






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






35. 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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36. 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.






37. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






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






42. 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






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






45. The poem focuses on two scenes: one in which a lover eternally pursues a beloved without fulfilment - and another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice.






46. English Christian writer and preacher Wrote Pilgrim's Progress - during his first imprisonment






47. Book of poems






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






49. 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.






50. Works by Charles Dickens