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CLEP World Literature

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1. 17th century authors






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






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






4. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






5. 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...






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






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






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






9. 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.






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






11. 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.






12. The poem focuses on two scenes: one in which a lover eternally pursues a beloved without fulfilment - and another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice.






13. '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 -






14. '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.






15. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






16. 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.






17. 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






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






19. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






20. The Waste Land and Four Quartets are written by...






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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)






24. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






31. 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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32. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






35. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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. What is Gulliver's downfall in Gullivers Travels?






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






40. 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






41. Modern English authors






42. 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.






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






44. 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.






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






46. 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






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






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






49. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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