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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 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






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






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






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






7. 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.






8. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






10. 18th Century authors






11. 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.






12. 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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13. What is Gulliver's downfall in Gullivers Travels?






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






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






16. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






18. In Faustus the protagonist is compared to ________ and indicates a fall from hubris (excessive pride)






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






20. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






22. The Comedians was written by who






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






24. '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 -






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






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






27. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






30. 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)






31. 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






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






33. Explores new thoughts on death by comparing/contrasting the mortal human with the immortal nightingale - ends with accepting the idea that pleasure must end and that death in not escapable






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






35. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






36. Kubla Khan The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel.is associated with what?






37. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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38. 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...






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






40. Works by Charles Dickens






41. 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






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






43. 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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44. Modern English authors






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






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






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






48. '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.'






49. 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






50. '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.