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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Mary Shelley was his second wife






3. Works by Jonathon Swift


4. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


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






6. Works by Charles Dickens






7. 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.






8. The first of 4 stanzas discusses concerns about lost vision - the second of 4 stanzas describes how age causes man to lose sight of the divine - and the third of 3 stanzas is hopeful in that the memory of the divine allows us to sympathise with our f






9. 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?


10. '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.'






11. William Yeats wrote...






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






13. 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.


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






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






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






17. 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.






18. His magnum opus was called 'The Prelude' - also wrote Ode on Intimation of Immortality






19. 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






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






21. 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.


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






23. 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






24. Modern English authors






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






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






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






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






29. 19th Century authors






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






31. 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?'






32. 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






33. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






34. A poem






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






36. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






37. 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






38. Book of poems






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






40. 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






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






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






43. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






44. 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.






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






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






47. Falls into a stream after going crazy






48. 18th Century authors






49. This book is a fictional autobiography of the title character - a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela - encountering Native Americans - captives and mutineers before being rescued.






50. Christian allegory - main character's name is CHRISTIAN - about his journey from his hometown 'city of Destruction' to the 'celestial City' (Heaven)