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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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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3. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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4. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






7. The Faerie Queene - an allegorical work - written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I - an epic - incomplete poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the?






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






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






11. Works by Charles Dickens






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






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






17. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






18. 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.






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






20. 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






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






22. 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






23. 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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24. 18th Century Irish Satirist






25. A poem






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






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






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






29. Book of poems






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






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






32. 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?'






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






34. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






37. 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






38. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






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






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






43. The poem satirises a petty squabble by comparing it to the epic world of the gods - Pope keeps a sense that beauty is fragile - and that the loss of a lock of hair touches Belinda deeply.






44. 17th century authors






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






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






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






48. The founder of gothic literature - Wrote The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne - Gaston de Blondeville - The Italian - The Mysteries of Udolpho - The Romance of the Forest and A Sicilian Romance.






49. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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50. The 'shrew' of the title