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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






4. 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






5. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






8. 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.






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






10. What are Mary Anne Evans writings well known for?






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. '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 -






13. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






14. 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






15. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






16. 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?'






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






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






19. 19th Century authors






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






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






22. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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23. Who is taken as prisoner to a people group smaller than him in Jonathon Swifts famous work?






24. 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.






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






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






27. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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28. Book of poems






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






30. Jane Austen wrote ...






31. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






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






35. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






38. Works by Charles Dickens






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






40. Written by Emily Bronte - the name of a farmhouse - the all-encompassing and passionate - yet thwarted - love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.






41. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






43. '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.'






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






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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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






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