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CLEP World Literature

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






2. A poem






3. 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.






4. 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.






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






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






7. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


8. Written by Sir Walter Scott - Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe is disliked by his father because he loves a girl and is friends with some of the Normans -there is a tournament - and Ivanhoe is injured and the daughter wants to take him to get help - -battles e






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






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






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






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






13. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Falls into a stream after going crazy






19. 19th Century authors






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






21. 17th century authors






22. '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.'






23. 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






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






25. 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?'






26. Viewed as a precursor of modernist literature - His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors






27. 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.






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






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






30. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






32. 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






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






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






35. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


36. '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 -






37. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






38. 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.






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






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






41. Jane Austen wrote ...






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






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






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






45. Who wrote Faerie Queen? Recognized as one of the premier craftsmen of Modern English verse in its infancy






46. Self published books by Robert Browning are entitled as what?






47. Modern English authors






48. Book of poems






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






50. 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