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CLEP World Literature

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1. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






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






4. Works by Charles Dickens






5. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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6. 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.






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






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






9. 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






10. 18th Century authors






11. 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






12. 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






13. 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






14. The Comedians was written by who






15. '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.






16. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






18. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






21. 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.






22. A collection of English poems by Robert Browning - first published in 1845 as the seventh volume in a series of self-published books






23. 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.






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






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






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






28. 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?'






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. 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.






31. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






32. '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.'






33. 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.






34. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






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






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






39. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






40. 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






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






42. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






43. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






50. 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.







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