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CLEP World Literature

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






2. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






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






4. 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






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






6. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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7. 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






8. Pen name for Mary Anne Evans - one of the leading writers of the Victorian era - went by a male name so that she would be taken seriously. Wrote The Mill on the Floss (1860) - Silas Marner (1861) - Middlemarch (1871-72) - and Daniel Deronda (1876)






9. William Yeats wrote...






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






11. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






13. '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.






14. Works by Jonathon Swift

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15. 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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16. 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






17. A poem






18. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






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






20. 18th Century authors






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






22. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






23. 19th Century authors






24. 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






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






26. 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.






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






28. 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






29. 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.






30. The 'shrew' of the title






31. Surface meaning: hell - Heaven - and purgatory -The Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso






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






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






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






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






36. 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.






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






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






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Book of poems






44. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






46. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






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






50. 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...