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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Modern English authors






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






11. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






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






15. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






18. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






20. 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.






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






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






23. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






25. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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. Falls into a stream after going crazy






28. 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






29. Works by Charles Dickens






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






31. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






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






35. 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.






36. '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 -






37. 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.






38. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






39. 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






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






41. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






43. What is it called when each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'Alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. what story is written this way?

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44. 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.






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






46. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






47. The Comedians was written by who






48. Book of poems






49. 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






50. A poem