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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Works by Jonathon Swift


3. 18th Century authors






4. A poem






5. 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






6. 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.






7. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






10. 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.


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






12. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






20. Modern English authors






21. 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






22. 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...






23. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






24. '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.






25. Who is taken as prisoner to a people group smaller than him in Jonathon Swifts famous work?






26. 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






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






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. 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






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






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






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






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






34. Songs of Innocence (and of experience) written by who






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






39. Who wrote The Eve of St. Agnes - Ode to a Nightingale - Ode on a Grecian Urn






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






41. 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






42. 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.






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






44. The Comedians was written by who






45. 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






46. The 'shrew' of the title






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






48. 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






49. Book of poems






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