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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






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






3. The 'shrew' of the title






4. 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






5. 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






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






7. 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.






8. 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






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






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






11. Written by Christopher Marlowe - story about a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge - allotted twenty-four years of life on Earth - during which time he will have Mephistophilis as his personal servant. Then - he must repay with ti






12. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






15. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






18. 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.






19. 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






20. 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)






21. Self published books by Robert Browning are entitled as what?






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






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






25. Book of poems






26. The Comedians was written by who






27. 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






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






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






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






31. Criseyde then falls for Deiphobus - Troilus is killed by who?






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






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






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






35. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






36. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






39. '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.'






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






41. 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






42. Modern English authors






43. 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






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






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






46. 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...






47. What are Mary Anne Evans writings well known for?






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






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






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







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