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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. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






3. 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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4. 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






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






6. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






8. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






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. 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.






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






14. A poem






15. 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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16. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






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






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






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






22. The 'shrew' of the title






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






24. 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.






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






26. 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






27. 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.






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






29. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






30. '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.'






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






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






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






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






35. Works by Charles Dickens






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. 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






42. 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






43. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






44. 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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45. Written about - Emperor of Persia... defeats different countries - He claims he is greater than God and is struck dead - his sons gain power






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






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






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






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