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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






5. 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.






6. 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.






7. 18th Century authors






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






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






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






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






12. 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






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






20. 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






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






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






23. What is it called when each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'Alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. what story is written this way?

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24. Hamlet is acting mad but he thinks that _________ killed his brother to gain power - has to admit to killing






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






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






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






28. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






30. 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.






31. '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.'






32. 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






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






34. Wrote Frankenstein - started writing at age 18 - and published at age 21






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






36. 19th Century authors






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






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






39. 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






40. '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.






41. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






42. 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






43. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






46. Modern English authors






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






48. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






50. 18th Century Irish Satirist







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