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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






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






3. 19th Century authors






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






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






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






7. Book of poems






8. 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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9. 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






10. Works by Jonathon Swift

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






12. 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)






13. Mary Shelley was his second wife






14. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






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






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






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






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






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






20. 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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21. 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.






22. 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.






23. Works by Charles Dickens






24. '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 -






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






26. 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






27. 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.






28. Alfred Tennyson wrote what ?






29. 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






30. 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






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






32. Modern English authors






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






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






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






36. 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






37. Biographia Literaria - coined the term suspension of disbelief - a long - loosely structured autobiography of who? Samuel Coleridge






38. 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?'






39. 17th century authors






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






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






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






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






44. 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.






45. 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






46. Gertrude - Claudius - Ophelia - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern - 'double - double - toil and trouble.'






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






48. 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






49. 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.






50. What is the ships name in Gullivers Travels