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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






2. Modern English authors






3. '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.'






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






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






6. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






8. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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9. Falls into a stream after going crazy






10. 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.






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






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






13. Criseyde then falls for Deiphobus - Troilus is killed by who?






14. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






17. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






20. Hamlet thinks ________ is Claudius and kills him through the curtain






21. A poem






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






23. The 'shrew' of the title






24. 19th Century authors






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






26. Mary Shelley was his second wife






27. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






28. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






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






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






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






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






35. Works by Charles Dickens






36. '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 -






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. 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.






39. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






41. 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.






42. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






43. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






46. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






48. 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






49. 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.

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50. 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.







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