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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. About the legend og King Aurthur who is still in love with who?.






4. 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






5. Book of poems






6. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






7. Mary Shelley was his second wife






8. 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






9. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






12. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






13. 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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14. Orphan who endures hardships - ends up with pickpocket-ers






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






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






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






18. 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...






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






20. 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.






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






22. '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.






23. 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






24. 19th Century authors






25. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. '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 -






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






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






35. Leads readers from the first story into the smaller one within it - employs a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed - at least in part - for the purpose of setting the stage for a fictive narrative or organizing a set of






36. 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.






37. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






39. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






40. 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.






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






42. 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.






43. 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






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






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






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






48. 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.






49. Works by Jonathon Swift

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