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CLEP World Literature

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1. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






4. Orphan who endures hardships - ends up with pickpocket-ers






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






6. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






7. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






9. Works by Charles Dickens






10. About the legend og King Aurthur who is still in love with who?.






11. The Comedians was written by who






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






13. 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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14. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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.






22. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






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






28. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






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






32. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






34. 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.






35. 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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Falls into a stream after going crazy






41. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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42. A poem






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






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






45. 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






46. 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.






47. 19th Century authors






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






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






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






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