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CLEP World Literature

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






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






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






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






5. '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.






6. '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 -






7. 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






8. 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?'






9. 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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10. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






11. 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.






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






13. 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






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






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






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 19th Century authors






19. 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






20. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






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






24. 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...






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






26. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






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






32. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






33. 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)






34. '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.'






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






36. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






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






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






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






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






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






43. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






44. Book of poems






45. What does Troilus reflect on in the story of Troilus and Criseyde?






46. 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






47. 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.






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






50. Modern English authors