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CLEP World Literature

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1. The 'shrew' of the title






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. 18th Century authors






4. 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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5. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






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






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






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






11. A poem






12. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






15. '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 -






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






23. 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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24. 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)






25. Wrote 'Troilus and Criseyde' - 'The Knight's Tale' - 'Canterbury Tales' - known as the 'Father of English Literature' - considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages - first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Mary Shelley was his second wife






31. 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?'






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






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






35. 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.






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






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. What is significant about Jonathon Swift's story 'Tale of a Tub'






39. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






42. Falls into a stream after going crazy






43. 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






44. 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






45. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






47. 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






48. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






49. '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.'






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