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CLEP World Literature

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






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






3. '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.






4. Book of poems






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






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






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






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






9. 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






10. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






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






14. First person point of view of the orphan Pip - Miss Havisham and Estella are characters






15. '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 -






16. 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.






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






18. 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






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






20. 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.






21. 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






22. Works by Jonathon Swift

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23. 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.






24. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






26. 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






27. 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






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






29. 17th century authors






30. 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






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






32. 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.






33. 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?'






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






35. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






37. The Comedians was written by who






38. 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






39. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






40. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. 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






50. Falls into a stream after going crazy







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