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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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...






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






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






4. 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.






5. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






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






9. 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






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






11. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






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






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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. Works by Jonathon Swift

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19. 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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20. A cycle of twelve narrative poems by the English poet






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






22. 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?'






23. The Comedians was written by who






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






25. 19th Century authors






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






38. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






39. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






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






42. 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






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






44. '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 -






45. 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






46. Taming of the Shrew was written by...






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






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






49. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






50. Book of poems