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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 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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4. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






6. 19th Century authors






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






8. 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.






9. 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.

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10. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






13. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






15. 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)






16. 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






17. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






18. 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.






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. Modern English authors






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






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






27. A collection of English poems by Robert Browning - first published in 1845 as the seventh volume in a series of self-published books






28. '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 -






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






36. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






37. Works by Charles Dickens






38. 17th century authors






39. 18th Century authors






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






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






42. 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






43. The Comedians was written by who






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






45. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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46. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






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






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






50. 18th Century Irish Satirist