English Literature MCQs

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Which of the following was NOT a prominent theme of American and English modernist poetry ?


aThe search for a new poetic language and the idea that language can be reinvented by poets

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bThe quest to describe objects with precision and without emotion

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c The idea that the self is neither unitary nor permanently stable

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dThe approval of the norms and values of bourgeois culture

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View Answer The approval of the norms and values of bourgeois culture

What does Gertrude Stein’s term “the Lost Generation” designate ?


aIt refers to a group of talented American émigré writers who lived in Europe after World War I.

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b It refers to the young generation whose coming of age was interrupted by World War I.

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cIt refers to English poets who sought refuge in New York City after World War I ended.

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dBoth A and B

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View Answer Both A and B

Professor Hammer argues that Marianne Moore’s poem “England” suggests which of the following ?


aMoore’s emotional and aesthetic attachment to England

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bMoore’s harsh critique of the carnage of World War I

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cMoore’s particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism

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dMoore’s interest in England’s civilizing mission in the world

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View Answer Moore’s particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism

Which of the following statements best characterizes the contrast between T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” and the futurist aesthetic project ?


a“The Waste Land” is primarily concerned with nature, whereas the futurists are most interested in industrial and urban landscapes.

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b“The Waste Land” confronts the fragmentation of modernity by exploring a variety of modes and voices, whereas the futurists do not focus on the fragmentation of modern experience, praising speed and industrial progress instead.

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c “The Waste Land” is an ironic exploration of Romantic themes, whereas the futurists incorporate ironic evocations of the classical tradition in their poetry.

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d“The Waste Land” focuses on the personal connection between poet and speaker, whereas the futurists focus on an impersonal connection between humans and industry.

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View Answer “The Waste Land” confronts the fragmentation of modernity by exploring a variety of modes and voices, whereas the futurists do not focus on the fragmentation of modern experience, praising speed and industrial progress instead.

In analyzing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Professor Hammer argues that Eliot creates something that might be called which of the following ?


a “A meditation on contradictions”

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b “Overheard inner speech”

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c “Implicit dialogue with the future”

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d “Objective correlative”

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View Answer “Overheard inner speech”

Ezra Pound’s “Canto XIV” opens with the line “Io venni in luogo d’ogni luce muto” [I came to a place devoid of light]. This creates a connection between the Canto and which of the following works ?


aMilton’s “Paradise Lost”

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bDante’s “Divine Comedy”

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cGoethe’s “Faust”

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dThomas Mann’s “Doctor Faustus”

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View Answer Thomas Mann’s “Doctor Faustus”

Why was World War II a defining event in the history of the 20th century ?


a It brought unprecedented destruction and loss of life, thereby putting into question the entirecultural and political legacy of Western civilization.

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bIt was followed by Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and by the entrenchment of the Soviet totalitarian system of rule.

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cIt was followed by the Cold War, which affected international politics throughout the world.

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dAll of these answers

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View Answer All of these answers

In T.S. Eliot’s essay called “Tradition and Individual Talent,” he argues that the progress of an artist consists of which of the following ?


a“Continual expansion of the personality and its diverse elements”

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b “Continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality”

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c“Continual transformation of the personality”

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d “Continual identification with the past”

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View Answer “Continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality”

Professor Hammer points out that T.S. Eliot used quotation as an important literary technique. The use of quotations, according to Professor Hammer, suggests which of the following attitudes to the past ?


aCuriosity about the past

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b Deference to the past

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c Violation of the past

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dParadoxically both B and C

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View Answer Paradoxically both B and C

Which of the following figures is the author of the 1909 “Futurist Manifesto” ?


aUmberto Boccioni

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bFilippo Marinetti

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cVladimir Mayakovsky

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dAleksander Wat

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View Answer Filippo Marinetti

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