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CLEP World Literature

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






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. 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. 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






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






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






7. 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?'






8. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






9. A poem






10. 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






11. '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.






12. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who - disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry - looks for distraction in foreign lands.

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






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






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






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






18. 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






19. 18th Century authors






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






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






22. 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






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






24. 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






25. '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 -






26. 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






27. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






35. 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.






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






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






38. 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.






39. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






40. Works by Jonathon Swift

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41. Modern English authors






42. 19th Century authors






43. 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






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






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






46. 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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47. John Keats was known for what kind of writings?






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






49. 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






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