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CLEP World Literature

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1. Works by Jonathon Swift

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2. 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






3. 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...






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






5. 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.






6. 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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7. '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 -






8. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






9. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






11. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






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






15. 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






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






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






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






19. 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






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






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






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






23. 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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24. 18th Century authors






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






26. 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.






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






28. Modern English authors






29. 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.






30. A poem






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






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






33. 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






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. '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.






39. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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40. 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






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






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






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






44. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.