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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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)






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






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






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






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






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






7. 17th century authors






8. Explores new thoughts on death by comparing/contrasting the mortal human with the immortal nightingale - ends with accepting the idea that pleasure must end and that death in not escapable






9. William Yeats wrote...






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






11. 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...






12. 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






13. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






16. Works by Jonathon Swift


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






18. Christian allegory - main character's name is CHRISTIAN - about his journey from his hometown 'city of Destruction' to the 'celestial City' (Heaven)


19. 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.


20. Written by John Milton - epic poem in blank verse - separated into 12 books - the story of the Fall of Man - contains two arcs: One of Satan (Lucifer) and another of Adam and Eve - about how Satan volunteers himself to poison the newly created Earth






21. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






23. 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






24. 18th Century Irish Satirist






25. 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.






26. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






28. A poem






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






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






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






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






33. '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.'






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






35. 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.






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






37. '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.






38. 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






39. 18th Century authors






40. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


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






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






43. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


44. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






45. What is significant about Jonathon Swift's story 'Tale of a Tub'






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






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






48. 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.


49. Modern English authors






50. 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