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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. 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






3. 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






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






5. 18th Century Irish Satirist






6. A poem






7. 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






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






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






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






11. What is significant about Jonathon Swift's story 'Tale of a Tub'






12. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






13. The 'shrew' of the title






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






15. 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.






16. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






17. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






19. 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






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






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






22. Works by Charles Dickens






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






24. 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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25. The poem focuses on two scenes: one in which a lover eternally pursues a beloved without fulfilment - and another of villagers about to perform a sacrifice.






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






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






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






29. 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...






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






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






32. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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33. 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






34. A collection of English poems by Robert Browning - first published in 1845 as the seventh volume in a series of self-published books






35. 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






36. The Comedians was written by who






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






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






39. Book of poems






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






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






47. 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






48. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






50. 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