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CLEP World Literature

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1. The 'shrew' of the title






2. 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.






3. 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






4. Book of poems






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 focuses on two scenes: one in which a lover eternally pursues a beloved without fulfilment - and another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice.






7. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






8. 17th century authors






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






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






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






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






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






15. '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.'






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






17. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






18. Surface meaning: hell - Heaven - and purgatory -The Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso






19. 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






20. 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






21. 19th Century authors






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






23. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






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






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






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






28. 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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29. 18th Century Irish Satirist






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






34. 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






35. Works by Jonathon Swift

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36. 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






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






38. 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






39. '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.






40. Falls into a stream after going crazy






41. An English poet - polemicist - and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England - wrote Paradise Lost






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






43. William Yeats wrote...






44. 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)






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






46. A poem






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






48. 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






49. Modern English authors






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