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CLEP World Literature

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1. 17th century authors






2. 18th Century authors






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






4. Written by Graham Greene - The plot concerns Querry - who is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference - he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life






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






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






7. 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?'






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






13. The Comedians was written by who






14. Works by Jonathon Swift

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15. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






16. 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






17. 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






18. 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.






19. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






20. '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.'






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






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






23. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






24. '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 -






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






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






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






29. John Keats was known for what kind of writings?






30. 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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31. 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.






32. 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






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






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






35. 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






36. Works by Charles Dickens






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






38. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






39. Book of poems






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






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






42. 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)






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






44. 18th Century Irish Satirist






45. William Yeats wrote...






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






47. Written by Christopher Marlowe - story about a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge - allotted twenty-four years of life on Earth - during which time he will have Mephistophilis as his personal servant. Then - he must repay with ti






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






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






50. 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.