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CLEP World Literature

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1. Kubla Khan The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Christabel.is associated with what?






2. 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






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






4. 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.






5. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






6. 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






7. 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.






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






9. The 'shrew' of the title






10. Falls into a stream after going crazy






11. '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 -






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






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






14. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






17. One of the earliest English history plays - telescopes most of Edward II's reign into a single narrative - beginning with the recall of his favourite - Piers Gaveston - from exile - and ending with his son Edward III's execution of Mortimer Junior fo






18. 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.






19. 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






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






21. 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.






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






23. William Yeats wrote...






24. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






26. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






27. 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






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






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






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






31. 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.






32. 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






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






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






35. 17th century authors






36. 19th Century authors






37. If the daughters don't marry and the father dies - the girls and their mom will be left without a home. Main characters: Elizabeth Bennett and Darcy






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






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






40. 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






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






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






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






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






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






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






47. 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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48. 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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49. Viewed as a precursor of modernist literature - His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors






50. What are the three things that are represented in 'Tale of the Tub'?