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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 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...






4. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






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






8. '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 -






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






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






11. 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






12. 19th Century authors






13. 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






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






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






16. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






24. 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






25. 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.






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






27. Modern English authors






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






30. 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.






31. 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.






32. The Comedians was written by who






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






34. Book of poems






35. A poem






36. The 'shrew' of the title






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






38. Written by Emily Bronte - the name of a farmhouse - the all-encompassing and passionate - yet thwarted - love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and many around them.






39. '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.






40. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






42. 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






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






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






45. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






46. 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.






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






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






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






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







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