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CLEP World Literature

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1. The Comedians was written by who






2. 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






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






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






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






6. Works by Jonathon Swift


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. 19th Century authors






9. 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.






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






11. 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






12. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






15. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who - disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry - looks for distraction in foreign lands.


16. Jane Austen wrote ...






17. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






18. 18th Century authors






19. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






20. 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.






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






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






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






24. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






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






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






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






30. 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






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






32. 17th century authors






33. 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.






34. Falls into a stream after going crazy






35. If the daughters don't marry and the father dies - the girls and their mom will be left without a home. Main characters: Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






41. 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






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






43. The first of 4 stanzas discusses concerns about lost vision - the second of 4 stanzas describes how age causes man to lose sight of the divine - and the third of 3 stanzas is hopeful in that the memory of the divine allows us to sympathise with our f






44. Works by Charles Dickens






45. 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)






46. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






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