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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






2. 17th century authors






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. 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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7. 18th Century authors






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






9. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






10. 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






11. '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 -






12. Falls into a stream after going crazy






13. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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

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15. 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.






16. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






17. Mary Shelley was his second wife






18. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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19. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






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






22. Pen name for Mary Anne Evans - one of the leading writers of the Victorian era - went by a male name so that she would be taken seriously. Wrote The Mill on the Floss (1860) - Silas Marner (1861) - Middlemarch (1871-72) - and Daniel Deronda (1876)






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. 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






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






26. 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.






27. 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






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






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






30. The Comedians was written by who






31. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






34. Written by George Bernard Shaw - old version of My Fair Lady






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






36. 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






37. Written by Sir Walter Scott - Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe is disliked by his father because he loves a girl and is friends with some of the Normans -there is a tournament - and Ivanhoe is injured and the daughter wants to take him to get help - -battles e






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






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






40. '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.






41. An English poet - polemicist - and civil servant for the Commonwealth of England - wrote Paradise Lost






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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.






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