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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






10. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






11. 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






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






13. 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.






14. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






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






18. 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






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






20. 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






21. 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.






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






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






24. 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.


25. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






28. A poem






29. 19th Century authors






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






31. Modern English authors






32. 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.






33. 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?


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






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






36. 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.






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






38. 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.






39. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


40. '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.'






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






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






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






44. 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






45. Works by Jonathon Swift


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






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






48. 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.






49. 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






50. 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?'