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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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...






3. 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.






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






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






6. 19th Century authors






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






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






9. The Comedians was written by who






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






11. 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






12. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


13. 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.






14. '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.






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






16. 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.






17. A poem






18. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






20. Songs of Innocence (and of experience) written by who






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






22. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






25. 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






26. One of the earliest English history plays - telescopes most of Edward II's reign into a single narrative - beginning with the recall of his favourite - Piers Gaveston - from exile - and ending with his son Edward III's execution of Mortimer Junior fo






27. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






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






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






32. 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)






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






34. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






36. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






38. Works by Jonathon Swift


39. 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






40. Mary Shelley was his second wife






41. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






43. 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






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






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






46. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


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






48. Criseyde becomes the object of affection for Troilus (a man who had scoffed at love) - There is an exchange of prisoners between the Trojans and the Greeks. Criseyde has to escape - but promises she will return to Troilus in 10 days. Who wrote this s






49. 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?'






50. 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.