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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Written about - Emperor of Persia... defeats different countries - He claims he is greater than God and is struck dead - his sons gain power






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






4. 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)






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






6. 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?

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7. 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






8. Modern English authors






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






10. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






12. 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.






13. 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...






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






15. A poem






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






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






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






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






20. 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.






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






22. 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






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






24. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






25. What does Troilus reflect on in the story of Troilus and Criseyde?






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






27. '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 -






28. 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?'






29. 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.






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






31. Mary Shelley was his second wife






32. The 'shrew' of the title






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






34. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






36. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






45. Falls into a stream after going crazy






46. 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.






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






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






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






50. 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