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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 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






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






5. 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.






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






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






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






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






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






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






14. Christian allegory - main character's name is CHRISTIAN - about his journey from his hometown 'city of Destruction' to the 'celestial City' (Heaven)

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15. 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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16. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






18. Jane Austen wrote ...






19. Written by William Blake - the Lily - the Cloud - the Worm - the Clod of Clay...characters - asks the question 'why does the springtime of life inevitably fade so that all things must end?'






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






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






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






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






24. 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






25. The 'shrew' of the title






26. 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






27. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






29. 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






30. 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.






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






32. Leads readers from the first story into the smaller one within it - employs a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed - at least in part - for the purpose of setting the stage for a fictive narrative or organizing a set of






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






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






35. 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






36. A poem






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






38. 18th Century Irish Satirist






39. 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.






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






45. Surface meaning: hell - Heaven - and purgatory -The Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso






46. 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






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






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






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






50. 'Tub' is a pun for what?