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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






2. Falls into a stream after going crazy






3. Taming of the Shrew was written by...






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






5. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






7. 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






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






9. A poem






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






11. 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.






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






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






14. 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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15. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






17. 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






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






19. Written by Sir Walter Scott - Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe is disliked by his father because he loves a girl and is friends with some of the Normans -there is a tournament - and Ivanhoe is injured and the daughter wants to take him to get help - -battles e






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






21. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






22. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






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






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






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






28. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






30. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






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






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






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






36. Book of poems






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






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






43. 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.






44. 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






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






46. The Comedians was written by who






47. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






49. 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






50. 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