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CLEP World Literature

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1. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






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






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






6. Modern English authors






7. 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






8. 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?'






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. 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






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






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






15. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






16. '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.'






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






18. 18th Century authors






19. The 'shrew' of the title






20. Two famous magicians in Tragical History of Dr. Faustus






21. 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.






22. 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.






23. 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






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






25. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






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






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






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






31. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






33. Book of poems






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






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






37. '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 -






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






39. 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






40. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






42. 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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43. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






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






47. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






50. 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