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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. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






4. 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






5. 18th Century authors






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






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






8. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






11. 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?


12. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






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






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






17. '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.






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






19. Works by Charles Dickens






20. 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






21. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






22. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






23. 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






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






25. 17th century authors






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






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






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






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






30. 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.


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






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






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






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






35. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


36. 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






37. Jane Austen wrote ...






38. 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.






39. Taming of the Shrew was written by...






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






41. Modern English authors






42. 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.






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






44. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






47. 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






48. '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 -






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






50. 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.