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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






4. Three witches - protagonist loses himself to insanity and gets his wife involved as well - is declared king






5. 19th Century authors






6. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






8. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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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. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






12. 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






13. 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.






14. 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.






15. Modern English authors






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






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






18. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






21. 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






22. 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...






23. 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






24. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






25. Book of poems






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






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






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






29. 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.






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






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. 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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39. '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 -






40. 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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41. 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.






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






43. 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






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






46. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






49. 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.

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50. 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