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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






2. 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






3. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






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






6. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






12. '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.






13. 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






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






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






16. 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?'






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






18. A poem






19. Christian allegory - main character's name is CHRISTIAN - about his journey from his hometown 'city of Destruction' to the 'celestial City' (Heaven)


20. Works by Jonathon Swift


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






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






23. '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 -






24. Falls into a stream after going crazy






25. Jane Austen wrote ...






26. What form is Faerie Queen written in?


27. 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...






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






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






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






31. 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?


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






33. 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.






34. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?


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






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






37. Book of poems






38. 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.


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






40. 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.






41. 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






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






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. 18th Century authors






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






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






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






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






49. 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.


50. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)