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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. 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.






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






4. 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






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






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






7. Mary Shelley was his second wife






8. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






10. 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






11. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






14. Works by Charles Dickens






15. 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






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






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






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






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






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






21. 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






22. 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






23. 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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24. A poem






25. 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






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






27. 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






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






29. '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.'






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






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






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






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






34. Jane Austen wrote ...






35. 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?'






36. 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.






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






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