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CLEP World Literature

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1. Modern English authors






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






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






4. 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.






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






6. 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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7. 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.






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






9. Mary Shelley was his second wife






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






11. '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.






12. 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






13. 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...






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






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






16. 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.






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






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






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






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






21. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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






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






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






25. 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.






26. Who wrote Piers Plowman?






27. Tamburlaine the Great was written by who?






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






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






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






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






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






33. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






34. Falls into a stream after going crazy






35. Famous works written by Lord Byron are?

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36. His magnum opus was called 'The Prelude' - also wrote Ode on Intimation of Immortality






37. 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






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






39. The 'shrew' of the title






40. 19th Century authors






41. 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






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






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






44. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






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






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






47. '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 -






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






49. Rudyard Kipling wrote what story?






50. Wrote 'Troilus and Criseyde' - 'The Knight's Tale' - 'Canterbury Tales' - known as the 'Father of English Literature' - considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages - first poet to have been buried in Poet's Corner of Westminster Abbey