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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






6. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






7. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






10. Book of poems






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






12. What time period are -Thomas Moore -Philip Sidney -Edmund Spenser -Shakespeare -Christopher Marlowe






13. Mary Shelley was his second wife






14. 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?'






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






16. 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






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. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






19. '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 -






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






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






22. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






28. 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






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






30. 19th Century authors






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






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






33. Modern English authors






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






35. 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






36. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






37. 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






38. 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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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. Works by Charles Dickens






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






42. 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.






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






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






45. A poem






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






48. 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.






49. 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.






50. 18th Century authors







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