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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






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






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






6. 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






7. Works by Charles Dickens






8. The Heart of the Matter - A Burnt Out Case - The Comedians






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






10. 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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11. 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.






12. 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.






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






14. '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.'






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






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






17. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






19. 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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20. 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






21. 18th Century authors






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






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






24. 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.






25. 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






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






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






28. A poem






29. '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.






30. 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.






31. 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)






32. The Comedians was written by who






33. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






35. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






36. Falls into a stream after going crazy






37. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






40. 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






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






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






43. 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






44. 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.






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






46. 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






47. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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48. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






50. Who wrote Piers Plowman?