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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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






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


4. 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






5. Men and Women - a collection of fifty-one poems in two volumes - all of which are monologues spoken by different narrators - some identified and some not - was written by...






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






7. 17th century authors






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






9. '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 -






10. '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.






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






12. 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






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






14. 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)






15. 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






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






17. 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






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






19. William Yeats wrote...






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






21. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






23. 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.






24. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






26. 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






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






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






29. 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.


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






31. 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?'






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






33. 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






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.


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






36. Works by Jonathon Swift


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






38. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






41. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






43. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


44. 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.






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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