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CLEP World Literature

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1. 19th Century authors






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






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






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






5. Songs of Innocence (and of experience) written by who






6. Written by Emily Bronte - the name of a farmhouse - the all-encompassing and passionate - yet thwarted - love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.






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






8. 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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9. 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






10. 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






11. 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






12. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






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






15. 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.






16. A poem






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






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






19. If the daughters don't marry and the father dies - the girls and their mom will be left without a home. Main characters: Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy






20. Works by Charles Dickens






21. 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






22. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






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






26. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






29. 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






30. 'Tis better to have loved and lost - Than never to have loved at all. is an account of all Tennyson's thoughts and feelings as he copes with his grief over such a long period.






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






32. 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.






33. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






35. Mary Shelley was his second wife






36. 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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37. 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






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






39. 17th century authors






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Modern English authors






45. 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






46. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






48. 18th Century Irish Satirist






49. William Yeats wrote...






50. 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