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CLEP World Literature

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1. A collection of English poems by Robert Browning - first published in 1845 as the seventh volume in a series of self-published books






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






3. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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. Mary Shelley was his second wife






6. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






7. 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.






8. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






10. 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






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 18th Century authors






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






16. '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 -






17. 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.






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






19. Criseyde becomes the object of affection for Troilus (a man who had scoffed at love) - There is an exchange of prisoners between the Trojans and the Greeks. Criseyde has to escape - but promises she will return to Troilus in 10 days. Who wrote this s






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






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






22. '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.






23. This story is made up of 108 sonnets and 11 songs - 'aster' (star) Greek 'Stella' (star) Latin - 'Phil' (lover) - Thus Astrophel is the star lover - and Stella is his star.






24. 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






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






26. 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






27. 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






28. 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






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






30. 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






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






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






33. Book of poems






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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






42. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






44. 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.






45. An English poet - polemicist - and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England - wrote Paradise Lost






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






47. 17th century authors






48. 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)






49. Modern English authors






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