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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Works by Jonathon Swift


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






4. 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






5. Written by William Blake - the Lily - the Cloud - the Worm - the Clod of Clay...characters - asks the question 'why does the springtime of life inevitably fade so that all things must end?'






6. '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.'






7. 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...






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






9. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






10. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






13. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






14. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. 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






24. First person point of view of the orphan Pip - Miss Havisham and Estella are characters






25. The 'shrew' of the title






26. 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






27. Modern English authors






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. 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.






31. 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






32. 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.






33. 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.






34. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






35. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






38. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






40. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


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






42. Who is taken as prisoner to a people group smaller than him in Jonathon Swifts famous work?






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






44. 19th Century authors






45. 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






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






47. 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.






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






49. 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.


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