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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






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






3. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






6. 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






7. 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






8. 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?'






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. '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.'






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






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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. Book of poems






22. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






24. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






27. Modern English authors






28. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






30. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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31. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






35. The 'shrew' of the title






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






37. '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.






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






39. 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






40. 17th century authors






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






49. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






50. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?