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CLEP World Literature

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1. 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






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






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






4. 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.






5. 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






6. What is the rhyme scheme of Faerie Queen?






7. 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






8. Mary Shelley was his second wife






9. 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






10. What form is Faerie Queen written in?

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11. Modern English authors






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






13. 18th Century Irish Satirist






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






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






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






17. What is the satirical hyperbole in Jonathon Swifts 'A Modest Proposal'?






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Heroine thinks she is good at matchmaking and thinks that she will never find love for herself - ends up with Knightley after a long time






23. 17th century authors






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






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






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






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






29. Middle English Authors (1066-1485)






30. 19th Century authors






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






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






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






34. 'April is the cruellest month' (its first line); 'I will show you fear in a handful of dust'; and (its last line) the mantra in the Sanskrit language 'Shantih shantih shantih.'






35. 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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36. 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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37. Scobie - Yusef - Tallit - Dicky commits suicide - and tries to make it seem natural






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






39. The Comedians was written by who






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






41. 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






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






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






44. Falls into a stream after going crazy






45. 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.






46. 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






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






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






49. 'Tub' is a pun for what?






50. '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.