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CLEP World Literature

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1. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. 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.






9. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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. 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






12. 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.






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






18. 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






19. Works by Charles Dickens






20. Modern English authors






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






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






23. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






24. Falls into a stream after going crazy






25. 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






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






27. A poem






28. The poem focuses on two scenes: one in which a lover eternally pursues a beloved without fulfilment - and another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice.






29. 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.






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






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






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






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






34. 17th century authors






35. 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






36. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






37. 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






38. 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.






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






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






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






43. 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.






44. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






47. The 'shrew' of the title






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






49. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






50. 19th Century authors