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CLEP World Literature

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1. '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.






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






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






6. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






10. 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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11. A cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet






12. The 'shrew' of the title






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






14. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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15. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






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






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






19. Works by Charles Dickens






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






21. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






23. 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






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. 18th Century authors






26. 19th Century authors






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






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






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






30. 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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31. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






32. 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






33. 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






34. 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






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






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. '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.'






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






43. 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...






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






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






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






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






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






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