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CLEP World Literature

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1. A poem






2. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






3. 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.






4. 18th Century authors






5. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






7. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






13. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






16. 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






17. 17th century authors






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






19. '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.






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






21. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






23. 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.






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






25. 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.






26. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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


28. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






29. '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 -






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






31. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


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






33. '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.'






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






35. Book of poems






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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.






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






42. 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






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






44. The 'shrew' of the title






45. 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






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






47. 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.


48. 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.






49. 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






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