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CLEP World Literature

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






2. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






4. 18th Century authors






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






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






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






8. 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






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






10. 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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11. 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






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






13. 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






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






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






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






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






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






19. 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






20. 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






21. 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






22. 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






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






24. 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.






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






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






27. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






28. 17th century authors






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






30. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






31. 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.






32. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






36. A poem






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






38. About the legend og King Aurthur who is still in love with who?.






39. 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?'






40. Book of poems






41. '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 -






42. What time period are -Thomas Moore -Philip Sidney -Edmund Spenser -Shakespeare -Christopher Marlowe






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






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






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






46. Mary Shelley was his second wife






47. 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






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






49. Taming of the Shrew was written by...






50. 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.