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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






2. 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.






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






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






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






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






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. 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






10. 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.






11. 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.






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






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






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






16. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






17. 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






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






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






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






22. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






24. 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






25. 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






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






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






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






29. 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






30. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






31. William Yeats wrote...






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






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






34. 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






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






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






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






38. 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.






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






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






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






42. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. 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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