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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






4. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






5. Works by Charles Dickens






6. 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.






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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






15. 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.






16. 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






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






18. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






19. 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






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






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






22. 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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23. 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






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






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






26. 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.

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27. 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)






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






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






30. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






31. 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.






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






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






34. Songs of Innocence (and of experience) written by who






35. The 'shrew' of the title






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






37. Written by Thpmas Moore - in Latin -frame narrative - primarily depicting a fictional island society and the religious - social - and political customs.






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






39. Works by Jonathon Swift

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40. 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.






41. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






44. 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






45. The Comedians was written by who






46. 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






47. 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






48. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






50. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?