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CLEP World Literature

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






2. 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.






3. 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...






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






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






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






7. What is it called when each stanza contains nine lines in total: eight lines in iambic pentameter followed by a single 'Alexandrine' line in iambic hexameter. what story is written this way?

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8. '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 -






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






10. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






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






13. 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






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






15. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






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






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






20. 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?'






21. 18th Century authors






22. 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






23. Book of poems






24. 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






25. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






27. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






29. 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.






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






31. 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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32. William Yeats wrote...






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






34. 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.






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






36. 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.






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






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






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






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






41. 17th century authors






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






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






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






46. 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






47. Three witches - protagonist loses himself to insanity and gets his wife involved as well - is declared king






48. 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.






49. 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






50. Works by Charles Dickens