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CLEP World Literature

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1. William Yeats wrote...






2. 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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






8. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






9. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






10. The 'shrew' of the title






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






12. 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






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






14. Jane Austen wrote ...






15. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






17. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






19. 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.






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






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






22. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






25. 19th Century authors






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






27. Two famous magicians in Tragical History of Dr. Faustus






28. 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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29. Orphan who endures hardships - ends up with pickpocket-ers






30. 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.






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






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






33. 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.






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






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






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






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






38. 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






39. A poem






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






41. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






43. First person point of view of the orphan Pip - Miss Havisham and Estella are characters






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






45. 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






46. 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.






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






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






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






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