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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. '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.'






4. The Comedians was written by who






5. 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.

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6. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






9. 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.






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






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






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






13. 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






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






15. 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






16. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






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






20. Works by Jonathon Swift

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21. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






22. 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






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






24. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






27. 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?'






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






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






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






31. '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 -






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






33. Book of poems






34. William Yeats wrote...






35. 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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






42. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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43. 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






44. 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...






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






46. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






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