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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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






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






4. 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






5. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






7. 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






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






9. 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.






10. 17th century authors






11. 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






12. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






14. 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.






15. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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16. One of the earliest English history plays - telescopes most of Edward II's reign into a single narrative - beginning with the recall of his favourite - Piers Gaveston - from exile - and ending with his son Edward III's execution of Mortimer Junior fo






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






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






19. 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.






20. Written by William Blake - a collection of illustrated poems






21. Book of poems






22. 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






23. 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...






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






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






26. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






29. Written by William Blake - the Lily - the Cloud - the Worm - the Clod of Clay...characters - asks the question 'why does the springtime of life inevitably fade so that all things must end?'






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






31. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






33. 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






34. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






37. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






40. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






41. Written by Sir Walter Scott - Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe is disliked by his father because he loves a girl and is friends with some of the Normans -there is a tournament - and Ivanhoe is injured and the daughter wants to take him to get help - -battles e






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






43. 'April is the cruellest month' (its first line); 'I will show you fear in a handful of dust'; and (its last line) the mantra in the Sanskrit language 'Shantih shantih shantih.'






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






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






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






47. Is a group of sonnets thematically unified to create a long work - although generally - unlike the stanza - each sonnet so connected can also be read as a meaningful separate unit.






48. 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.






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






50. 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.