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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






5. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






6. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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7. Mary Shelley was his second wife






8. 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






9. Modern English authors






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






11. 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






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






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






14. In Faustus the protagonist is compared to ________ and indicates a fall from hubris (excessive pride)






15. 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






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






17. The poem satirises a petty squabble by comparing it to the epic world of the gods - Pope keeps a sense that beauty is fragile - and that the loss of a lock of hair touches Belinda deeply.






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






19. Book of poems






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






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






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






23. 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






24. 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






25. 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...






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






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






28. '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.'






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






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






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






32. Pen name for Mary Anne Evans - one of the leading writers of the Victorian era - went by a male name so that she would be taken seriously. Wrote The Mill on the Floss (1860) - Silas Marner (1861) - Middlemarch (1871-72) - and Daniel Deronda (1876)






33. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






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






37. 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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38. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






40. Falls into a stream after going crazy






41. 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






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






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






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. Written about - Emperor of Persia... defeats different countries - He claims he is greater than God and is struck dead - his sons gain power






49. 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






50. Works by Charles Dickens







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