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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. '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.'






3. 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.






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






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






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






7. The Faerie Queene - an allegorical work - written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I - an epic - incomplete poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the?






8. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






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






12. Jane Austen wrote ...






13. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






14. 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.






15. Modern English authors






16. 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.






17. 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...






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






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






20. 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?'






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






22. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






31. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






32. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






35. 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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36. Taming of the Shrew was written by...






37. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






41. 17th century authors






42. 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






43. 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






44. '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.






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






46. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






47. 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






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






49. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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