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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






4. Jane Austen wrote ...






5. 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






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






7. 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






8. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






9. 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.






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






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






12. 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...






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






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






15. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






18. Works by Charles Dickens






19. 18th Century Irish Satirist






20. 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.






21. 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.






22. 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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23. 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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24. Who is taken as prisoner to a people group smaller than him in Jonathon Swifts famous work?






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






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






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






28. 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.






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






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






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






32. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






34. 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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. 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.






41. 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






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






43. 18th Century authors






44. 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






45. 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.






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






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






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






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






50. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?