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CLEP World Literature

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1. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. 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.






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






12. 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






13. 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.


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






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






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






17. The first of 4 stanzas discusses concerns about lost vision - the second of 4 stanzas describes how age causes man to lose sight of the divine - and the third of 3 stanzas is hopeful in that the memory of the divine allows us to sympathise with our f






18. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






19. 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






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






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






22. Book of poems






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. 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.






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






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






30. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






32. 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






33. '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.'






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






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






36. 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






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






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. 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.






40. '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.






41. 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






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






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






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






45. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






47. 17th century authors






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






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






50. Works by Jonathon Swift