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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






3. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






5. '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.'






6. Falls into a stream after going crazy






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. Who wrote The Eve of St. Agnes - Ode to a Nightingale - Ode on a Grecian Urn






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






12. '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.






13. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






14. 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.






15. His magnum opus was called 'The Prelude' - also wrote Ode on Intimation of Immortality






16. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






18. 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






19. About the legend og King Aurthur who is still in love with who?.






20. 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.

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21. Mary Shelley was his second wife






22. 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






23. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






25. 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






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






27. Written by Christopher Marlowe - story about a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge - allotted twenty-four years of life on Earth - during which time he will have Mephistophilis as his personal servant. Then - he must repay with ti






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






30. 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...






31. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






33. Book of poems






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






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






37. A poem






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






39. Christian allegory - main character's name is CHRISTIAN - about his journey from his hometown 'city of Destruction' to the 'celestial City' (Heaven)

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






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






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






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






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






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






46. Works by Jonathon Swift

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47. 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.






48. 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






49. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






50. 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.