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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. Book of poems






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






5. 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...






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






7. 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






8. 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






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






10. 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






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






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






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






14. Cassio -Iago - Roderigo are characters in which Shakespeare play?






15. 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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16. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






18. 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






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






20. '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.'






21. The Comedians was written by who






22. 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.






23. 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.






24. 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.






25. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






27. 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






28. Falls into a stream after going crazy






29. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






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






33. 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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34. 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






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






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






37. 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






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






39. Modern English authors






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






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






42. 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)






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






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






45. Mary Shelley was his second wife






46. 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






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






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






49. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






50. '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.