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CLEP World Literature

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1. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






2. 17th century authors






3. 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






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






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






6. 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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7. 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






8. Jane Austen wrote ...






9. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






11. 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.






12. The Comedians was written by who






13. 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






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. Modern English authors






16. 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.






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






18. Book of poems






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






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






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






22. 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






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






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






25. 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...






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






27. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






28. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






29. 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






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






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






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






33. '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 -






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






35. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






37. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






39. William Yeats wrote...






40. A poem






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






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






43. 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)






44. 18th Century Irish Satirist






45. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






48. 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






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






50. Falls into a stream after going crazy