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CLEP World Literature

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1. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






3. 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?'






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






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






6. 19th Century authors






7. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






10. Book of poems






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






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






13. 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.






14. 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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15. 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...






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






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






18. 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






19. 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






20. '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.'






21. 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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22. Modern English authors






23. 17th century authors






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






25. The 'shrew' of the title






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






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






28. 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.






29. 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.






30. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






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






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






34. '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.






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






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






37. Wrote 'Troilus and Criseyde' - 'The Knight's Tale' - 'Canterbury Tales' - known as the 'Father of English Literature' - considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages - first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey






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






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






46. 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.






47. 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






48. 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






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






50. Jane Austen wrote ...