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Wilfred Owen’s “Anthem for Doomed Youth” begins with the following lines: “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?/ Only the monstrous anger of the guns./ Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle/Can patter out their hasty orisons.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines ?


aThese lines suggest that it was difficult to define patriotism during the Great War, but soldiers who died in battle provided the best example of patriotism.

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bThese lines suggest that the Great War lasted much longer than it should have.

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cThese lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.

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dThese lines represent a modern funeral dirge that mimics the rhythm of ancient Greek funeral dirges.

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View Answer These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.

In his essay “The Symbolism of Poetry,” William Butler Yeats argues that which of the following is the purpose of rhythm ?


aTo “amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical symbols”

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bTo “prolong the moment of contemplation”

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cTo “counteract the forces of dispersal inherent in metaphorical language”

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dTo “make poetry new”

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View Answer To “prolong the moment of contemplation”

Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust ?


aIs it possible for Romantic themes in poetry to be meaningful after the Holocaust?

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bThe horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?

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cIs there a relationship between poetry and rationality after the Holocaust?

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dIs there a meaningful relationship between World War I poetry and World War II poetry?

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View Answer The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?

Langston Hughes was among the most important figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Which of the following is an accurate characterization of his experiences before he published his first book ?


aHe was a native New Yorker who did not travel much but who was keenly aware of New York’s complexity and diversity.

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bHe moved to New York from Alabama and the stark contrast between these places deeply influenced his writing.

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cHe was born in Missouri and traveled extensively throughout the United States and the world before he moved to New York City.

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dHe spent most of his life in Washington, DC, moving to Harlem only after he gained literary fame.

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View Answer He was born in Missouri and traveled extensively throughout the United States and the world before he moved to New York City.

Violet Cristoforo was honored for collecting what kind of poetry in her anthology “May Sky” ?


aLove sonnets from the Nazi death camps

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bAmerican G.I. poetry from German prisoner of war camps

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cJewish dissident poetry from the gulags in Siberia

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dHaiku poetry from the Japanese internment camps in the US

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View Answer Haiku poetry from the Japanese internment camps in the US

According to W.E.B. Dubois in his Atlantic Monthly essay, “The Strivings of the Negro People,” what are some of the personal consequences for an African- American living in a racist society at the beginning of the 20th century ?


aFeeling like an outcast in your own house

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bBecoming a stuttering sycophant just to survive

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cWrapping yourself in the armor of anger and resentment

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d All of the above

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View Answer All of the above

Which of the following best describes the reasons why World War I had a profound impact on modern poetry ?


aThe devastation wrought by World War I was so enormous that it put Europe’s cultural and political norms and values into question.

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bThe mechanized killing, which took place on a massive scale during World War I, made it necessary to reflect about the effects of technological progress.

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cWorld War I was the first global conflict where the distinction between combatants and civilians was erased, and this had a devastating effect on the European psyche.

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dBoth A and B

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View Answer Both A and B

The poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” ends with the following lines: “My friend, you would not tell with such high zest/To children ardent for some desperate glory,/The old Lie; Dulce et Decorum est/ Pro patria mori.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines ?


aBrooke’s inclusion of a quotation from Horace in these lines serves to emphasize the distance between the ideals ofWestern civilization and its realities.

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bThese lines suggest the author’s anger and disillusionment with cultural norms which glorify war.

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cIn these lines, Brooke seeks to bridge the gap between individual experience and cultural norms and beliefs.

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dAll of the above

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View Answer All of the above

Which of the following literary devices are present in Langston Hughes’s poem “Ku Klux” ?


aIrony

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bAllegory

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cOxymoron

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dAlliteration

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View Answer Irony

Which of the following best describes the types of imagery used in Louis Zukofsky’s poem, “A: Seventh Movement: There Are Different Techniques” ?


aHistoric and contemporary imagery

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bKabalistic imagery

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cNationalist imagery

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dEveryday imagery

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View Answer Historic and contemporary imagery

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