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CLEP World Literature
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1. Kubla Khan The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel.is associated with what?
The Renaissance 1485-1660
William Blake
Ophelia in the story of hamlet
Samuel Coleridge
2. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?
Rape of the Lock
Paradise Lost
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A frame story/narrative
3. 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
Idylls of the King
Sonnet sequence
A frame story/narrative
John Milton
4. The Faerie Queene - an allegorical work - written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I - an epic - incomplete poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the?
Claudius
Tudor and Elizabeth 1
Paradise Lost
In Memoriam and Idylls of the King
5. His magnum opus was called 'The Prelude' - also wrote Ode on Intimation of Immortality
Guinevere (the woman) Idylls of the King (book)
The Book of Thel
William Wordsworth
Mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor - as well as British policy in Ireland in general.
6. The 'shrew' of the title
Icarus
Four Quartets by T.S. Elliot
Katherine
Gulliver
7. Criseyde then falls for Deiphobus - Troilus is killed by who?
Odes
Achilles
Four Quartets by T.S. Elliot
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
8. About the legend og King Aurthur who is still in love with who?.
Dramatic Romances and Lyrics
The Book of Thel
Graham Greene
Guinevere (the woman) Idylls of the King (book)
9. 'Tub' is a pun for what?
Jonathon Swift
Pulpit
Alexander Pope - Daniel Defoe - Jonathon Swift - Ann Radcliffe
Philip Sidney
10. What does Troilus reflect on in the story of Troilus and Criseyde?
The absurdity of life
A frame story/narrative
Astrophel and Stella
Polonius
11. '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.'
The Waste Land
Philip Sidney
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Most difficult - but most masterly satire
12. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels
Christopher Marlowe
A Burnt Out Case by Graham Greene
Adventure
Icarus
13. Is meant to represent man's sinful attachment to worldly things - Amelia and Becky are characters in what story?
Ann Radcliffe
Troilus and Criseyde by Chaucer Middle English
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
The Jew of Malta
14. 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.
Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe
Jonathon Swift
Don Juan
Guinevere (the woman) Idylls of the King (book)
15. In Faustus the protagonist is compared to ________ and indicates a fall from hubris (excessive pride)
Icarus
In Memoriam and Idylls of the King
Claudius
A Burnt Out Case by Graham Greene
16. Cassio -Iago - Roderigo are characters in which Shakespeare play?
Icarus
Jungle Book
Shakespeare
Othello
17. '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.
Alexander Pope - Daniel Defoe - Jonathon Swift - Ann Radcliffe
Sailing to Byzantium
Canterburry Tales
In Memorium by Alfred L. Tennyson
18. 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
Don Juan
Valdes and Cornelius
Paradise Lost
Emma by Jane Austen
19. 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.
Four Quartets by T.S. Elliot
Most difficult - but most masterly satire
John Milton
Mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor - as well as British policy in Ireland in general.
20. John Keats was known for what kind of writings?
Dante
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Odes
Great Expectations
21. A poem
Robert Browning
William Wordsworth
Piers Plowman
Samuel Coleridge
22. 19th Century authors
Great expectations - David Copperfield - Our Mutual Friend - A Tale of Two Cities Oliver Twist
William Langland
Edward II written by Christopher Marlowe
Charles Dickens - Rudyard Kipling - Emily Bronte - George Bernard Shaw - George Elliot - Robert Browning - Alfred Tennyson
23. The Heart of the Matter - A Burnt Out Case - The Comedians
Graham Greene
Most of them set in provincial England and well known for their realism and psychological insight. Dramatic Romances and Lyrics
Philip Sidney
A Burnt Out Case by Graham Greene
24. 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.
The Renaissance 1485-1660
Emma by Jane Austen
The Jew of Malta
Polonius
25. 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.
Don Juan
Wuthering Heights
The Knight's Tale
'Spenserian stanza'
26. The Waste Land and Four Quartets are written by...
T.S. Elliot
Odes
Divine Comedy
Ode on Intimation of Immortality
27. 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.
28. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?
29. Songs of Innocence (and of experience) written by who
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Bells and Pomegranates.
Great Expectations
William Blake
30. Self published books by Robert Browning are entitled as what?
Jonathon Swift
Bells and Pomegranates.
Four Quartets by T.S. Elliot
Odes
31. Book of poems
Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe
Bells and Pomegranates.
Ophelia in the story of hamlet
Sailing to Byzantium
32. Jane Austen wrote ...
Mary Shelley
Emma - Pride and Prejudice
Philip Sidney
Jungle Book
33. 18th Century Irish Satirist
Joseph Conrad
Jonathon Swift
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Pulpit
34. 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
Edmund Spenser
Emma by Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice
Adventure
35. William Yeats wrote...
Odes
Sir Walter Scott
Irish writer - The Winding Stair - The Tower
Samuel Coleridge
36. Who wrote Faerie Queen? Recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy
Ivanhoe
William Blake
Edmund Spenser
Adventure
37. What form is Faerie Queen written in?
38. The Comedians was written by who
Three brothers represent three different types of Christianity in the world
Divine Comedy
Odes
Graham Greene
39. Three witches - protagonist loses himself to insanity and gets his wife involved as well - is declared king
Rape of the Lock
The Eve of St. Agnes by John Keats
Most difficult - but most masterly satire
Macbeth
40. Written by William Blake - a collection of illustrated poems
Songs of Innocence (and of experience)
Joseph Conrad - William Yeats - T.S. Elliot - Graham Greene
Great Expectations
Divine Comedy
41. 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
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Gulliver's Travels - Tale of a Tub - Modest Proposal
The Alchemist
Joseph Conrad - William Yeats - T.S. Elliot - Graham Greene
42. What are the three things that are represented in 'Tale of the Tub'?
Hamlet
The Waste Land
Edmund Spenser
Three brothers represent three different types of Christianity in the world
43. Mary Shelley was his second wife
Percy Shelley
Most difficult - but most masterly satire
Katherine
Don Juan - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
44. Works by Charles Dickens
Great expectations - David Copperfield - Our Mutual Friend - A Tale of Two Cities Oliver Twist
'Spenserian stanza'
Tudor and Elizabeth 1
Rape of the Lock
45. First person point of view of the orphan Pip - Miss Havisham and Estella are characters
The absurdity of life
John Bunyan
Great Expectations
Divine Comedy
46. The Lady of the Lake - an Arthurian Legend was written by...
Don Juan - Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Pygmalion
Sir Walter Scott
Idylls of the King
47. Two famous magicians in Tragical History of Dr. Faustus
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Valdes and Cornelius
John Milton
Graham Greene
48. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)
Alexander Pope
Robinson Crusoe written by Daniel Defoe
Dante - Chaucer and Langland
Three brothers represent three different types of Christianity in the world
49. 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?
50. Falls into a stream after going crazy
The Alchemist
Ophelia in the story of hamlet
John Milton
John Bunyan - John Milton - Ben Jonson