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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






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






5. A poem






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






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






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






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






10. 18th Century authors






11. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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12. Modern English authors






13. '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.






14. What is it called when each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'Alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. what story is written this way?

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






16. Works by Charles Dickens






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






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






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. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






21. John Keats was known for what kind of writings?






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. 19th Century authors






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






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






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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.






30. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






31. 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.






32. 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.






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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. 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






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






40. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






41. 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.






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






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






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






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






46. 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?'






47. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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