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CLEP World Literature

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1. Works by Charles Dickens






2. Written by William Blake - a collection of illustrated poems






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






4. 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






5. 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)






6. 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






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






8. 18th Century authors






9. 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






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






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






12. The Waste Land and Four Quartets are written by...






13. 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






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






15. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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16. 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






17. 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.






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






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






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






21. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






23. 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...






24. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Modern English authors






30. 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.






31. 17th century authors






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






37. Gertrude - Claudius - Ophelia - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - 'double - double - toil and trouble.'






38. 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






39. 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.






40. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. 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?'






47. Book of poems






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






49. '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.'






50. A poem