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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Wrote Frankenstein - started writing at age 18 - and published at age 21






3. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






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






7. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






8. '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.'






9. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






10. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






11. Book of poems






12. 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






13. Works by Jonathon Swift


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






15. 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?


16. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






18. 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






19. 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.






20. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


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






22. 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.






23. Works by Charles Dickens






24. Mary Shelley was his second wife






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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)






29. 17th century authors






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. 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.






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






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






34. 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.






35. '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.






36. 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.






37. 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






38. Major italian poet - known as the 'Supreme Poet' - 'Father of the Italian Language' - Wrote Divine Comedy - a masterpiece of the world and very well known






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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