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CLEP World Literature

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1. '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.'






2. 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?'






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






4. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






7. Written by Graham Greene - The plot concerns Querry - who is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference - he no longer finds meaning in art or pleasure in life






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






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






10. '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.






11. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






13. Works by Jonathon Swift

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14. 18th Century authors






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






16. The founder of gothic literature - Wrote The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne - Gaston de Blondeville - The Italian - The Mysteries of Udolpho - The Romance of the Forest and A Sicilian Romance.






17. Mary Shelley was his second wife






18. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






19. 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






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






22. Modern English authors






23. 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.






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. 18th Century Irish Satirist






31. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






33. Works by Charles Dickens






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






35. 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.






36. A poem






37. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






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






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






41. 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






42. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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43. 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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






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