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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






3. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






5. Taming of the Shrew was written by...






6. 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






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






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






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






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






11. 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






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






13. Orphan who endures hardships - ends up with pickpocket-ers






14. 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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15. 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.






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






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






18. 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.






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Book of poems






24. Is a group of sonnets thematically unified to create a long work - although generally - unlike the stanza - each sonnet so connected can also be read as a meaningful separate unit.






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






30. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






32. 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.






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






40. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






41. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






49. Modern English authors






50. Works by Charles Dickens