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CLEP World Literature

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1. Modern English authors






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






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






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






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






6. '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.






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






8. Jane Austen wrote ...






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. What are the three things that are represented in 'Tale of the Tub'?






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






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






15. '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.'






16. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






18. A poem






19. Works by Charles Dickens






20. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






22. This book is a fictional autobiography of the title character - a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela - encountering Native Americans - captives and mutineers before being rescued.






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






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. '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 -






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






32. 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






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






34. 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.






35. 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...






36. What is significant about Jonathon Swift's story 'Tale of a Tub'






37. The Comedians was written by who






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






39. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






41. 18th Century authors






42. 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






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






44. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






47. 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






48. 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






49. 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






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