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CLEP World Literature

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1. The 'shrew' of the title






2. '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 -






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. '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.






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






6. 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






7. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






9. 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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10. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






13. 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.






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






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






16. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels






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






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






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






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






21. Modern English authors






22. 19th Century authors






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






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






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






26. 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.






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






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






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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.






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






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






36. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






37. Book of poems






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






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






40. 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.






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






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






43. 18th Century authors






44. What is Gulliver's downfall in Gullivers Travels?






45. A poem






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






47. 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?'






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






50. William Yeats wrote...







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