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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






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






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






4. William Yeats wrote...






5. '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.






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






7. 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)






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. 19th Century authors






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






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






12. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. 18th Century Irish Satirist






18. Who wrote The Eve of St. Agnes - Ode to a Nightingale - Ode on a Grecian Urn






19. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






20. 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?'






21. 18th Century authors






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






23. 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






24. Heroine thinks she is good at matchmaking and thinks that she will never find love for herself - ends up with Knightley after a long time






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






27. 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






28. '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.'






29. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






31. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






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






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






36. Wrote Rape of the Lock - most famous for his heroic couplet






37. Jane Austen wrote ...






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






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






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






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






48. 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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49. 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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50. 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







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