Test your basic knowledge |

CLEP World Literature

Subject : clep
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 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






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






3. 19th Century authors






4. 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






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






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






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






8. First person point of view of the orphan Pip - Miss Havisham and Estella are characters






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






10. 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






11. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






13. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






16. Book of poems






17. 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






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






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






20. 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






21. Pen name for Mary Anne Evans - one of the leading writers of the Victorian era - went by a male name so that she would be taken seriously. Wrote The Mill on the Floss (1860) - Silas Marner (1861) - Middlemarch (1871-72) - and Daniel Deronda (1876)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






31. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






33. The Comedians was written by who






34. 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






35. 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.






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






37. 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...






38. 17th century authors






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






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






41. 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






42. The 'shrew' of the title






43. A poem






44. 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






45. 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






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






47. 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






48. 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.






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






50. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?







Sorry!:) No result found.

Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?


Let me suggest you:

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests



Major Subjects

Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Browse all subjects

Browse all tests

Most popular tests