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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






7. 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...






8. Works by Jonathon Swift

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9. 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






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






11. 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)






12. Is a group of sonnets thematically unified to create a long work - although generally - unlike the stanza - each sonnet so connected can also be read as a meaningful separate unit.






13. The 'shrew' of the title






14. The Comedians was written by who






15. 19th Century authors






16. Mary Shelley was his second wife






17. '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.






18. 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






19. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






27. Lord Byron wrote a satiric poem based on the legend of who?






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






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






37. 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.






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






39. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






42. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






45. A poem






46. 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.






47. 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






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






49. 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






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







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