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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Modern English authors






3. 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.






4. 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...






5. 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.






6. 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






7. '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 -






8. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






9. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






12. 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.






13. The 'shrew' of the title






14. 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






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






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Jane Austen wrote ...






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. The Comedians was written by who






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






28. Works by Jonathon Swift


29. '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.






30. 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






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






32. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






34. 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






35. 18th Century authors






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






37. 19th Century authors






38. A poem






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






40. 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






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






42. 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.


43. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


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






45. 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.






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






47. 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.


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






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






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