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CLEP World Literature

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1. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






3. Mary Shelley was his second wife






4. Wrote 'Astrophel and Stella' - one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan age - English poet - courtier - and soldier






5. 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






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






7. '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 -






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






9. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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10. 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






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






12. 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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13. 17th century authors






14. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






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






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






19. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






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






25. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






28. Jane Austen wrote ...






29. 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.






30. 18th Century Irish Satirist






31. The 'shrew' of the title






32. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






35. Book of poems






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






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






38. 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.






39. 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






40. '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.






41. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






42. 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






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






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






45. The Faerie Queene - an allegorical work - written in praise of Queen Elizabeth I - an epic - incomplete poem and fantastical allegory celebrating the?






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






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






48. Kubla Khan The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel.is associated with what?






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






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







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