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CLEP World Literature

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1. The Comedians was written by who






2. 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...






3. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






6. 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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7. 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






8. Jane Austen wrote ...






9. 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.






10. 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.






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






12. The 'shrew' of the title






13. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






15. Falls into a stream after going crazy






16. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






19. 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?'






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. 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.






25. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






26. 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






27. 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






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






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






30. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






36. 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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37. 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






38. 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






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






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






41. 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.






42. 19th Century authors






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






44. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






45. '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.'






46. Modern English authors






47. 18th Century authors






48. 18th Century Irish Satirist






49. 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






50. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?







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