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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






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






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






4. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






6. 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.

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7. 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






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






9. 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






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






11. Book of poems






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






13. Written by William Blake - the Lily - the Cloud - the Worm - the Clod of Clay...characters - asks the question 'why does the springtime of life inevitably fade so that all things must end?'






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






15. '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.






16. 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.






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






18. 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.






19. William Yeats wrote...






20. Pen name for Mary Anne Evans - one of the leading writers of the Victorian era - went by a male name so that she would be taken seriously. Wrote The Mill on the Floss (1860) - Silas Marner (1861) - Middlemarch (1871-72) - and Daniel Deronda (1876)






21. 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






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






23. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






24. What time period are -Thomas Moore -Philip Sidney -Edmund Spenser -Shakespeare -Christopher Marlowe






25. 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.






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






33. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






35. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






38. 18th Century Irish Satirist






39. The 'shrew' of the title






40. 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






41. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






44. 17th century authors






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






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






47. 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.






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






49. Criseyde becomes the object of affection for Troilus (a man who had scoffed at love) - There is an exchange of prisoners between the Trojans and the Greeks. Criseyde has to escape - but promises she will return to Troilus in 10 days. Who wrote this s






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

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