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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 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






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






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






6. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






8. 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






9. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






11. 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.






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






13. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






14. 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.






15. Orphan who endures hardships - ends up with pickpocket-ers






16. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


17. 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.






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






19. '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 -






20. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. The 'shrew' of the title






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






28. 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.


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






30. Works by Jonathon Swift


31. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






32. 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






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






34. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






36. 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.






37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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.






42. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






43. 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?


44. 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...






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






46. 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.






47. 17th century authors






48. 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






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






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