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CLEP World Literature

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1. A poem






2. 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






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






4. 'April is the cruellest month' (its first line); 'I will show you fear in a handful of dust'; and (its last line) the mantra in the Sanskrit language 'Shantih shantih shantih.'






5. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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6. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






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






8. 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.






9. '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 -






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






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. 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






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. The Comedians was written by who






15. 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






16. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






17. 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...






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






19. Works by Charles Dickens






20. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






22. Modern English authors






23. Criseyde then falls for Deiphobus - Troilus is killed by who?






24. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






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






28. Falls into a stream after going crazy






29. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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30. '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.






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






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






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






34. The 'shrew' of the title






35. Book of poems






36. 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






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






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






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






40. 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.






41. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






42. 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)






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






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






45. Story written by Ben Johnson - there is an outbreak of the plague - and Lovewit leaves for the country - leaving a butler in charge of his house - -crazy things happen in the house - and the depravity of man and greed are shown by their actions when






46. 19th Century authors






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






48. 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






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