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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






6. 19th Century authors






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






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






9. The 'shrew' of the title






10. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






11. 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.






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






13. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






14. 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






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






16. Falls into a stream after going crazy






17. '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 -






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






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






21. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






22. 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.

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23. 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






24. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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25. Three witches - protagonist loses himself to insanity and gets his wife involved as well - is declared king






26. 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






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






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






29. Book of poems






30. '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.






31. This book is a fictional autobiography of the title character - a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela - encountering Native Americans - captives and mutineers before being rescued.






32. William Yeats wrote...






33. 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.






34. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






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






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






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






39. 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.






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






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






42. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






43. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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