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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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.






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. William Yeats wrote...






4. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






6. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






8. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






9. 19th Century authors






10. 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.






11. This book is a fictional autobiography of the title character - a castaway who spends 28 years on a remote tropical island near Venezuela - encountering Native Americans - captives and mutineers before being rescued.






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






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






14. The Comedians was written by who






15. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






16. 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






17. 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.






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






19. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






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






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






24. 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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25. 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.






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






27. 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)






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






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






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






32. '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 -






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






34. 17th century authors






35. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






37. The 'shrew' of the title






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






39. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






40. 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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41. 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






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






43. 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






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






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






46. Falls into a stream after going crazy






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






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






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






50. 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