Cultural And Literary In Modernity Mcqs
Q.1: What is Imagism ?
A. A poetic movement which hoped to offer clear expression of ideas and feelings through the use of specific visual imagesw
B. An attempt to use the exact word instead of flowery, excessive descriptive language in poetryc
C. A and B only
D. B and C only
Q.2: Fill in the blank. Written over the course of his life, Ezra Pounds .. is an examination of the human desire for knowledge and understanding in an inchoate modern landscape ?
A. The Sun Also Rises
B. Hugh Selwyn Mauberley
C. The Cantos
D. To the Lighthouse
Q.3: According to Tristan Tzaras Manifesto on Dadaism, which of the following does NOT define Dadaism ?k
A. Every product of disgust capable of becoming a negation of the familyK
B. A protest with the fists of its whole being engaged in destructive actionO
C. Absolute and unquestionable faith in every god that is the immediate product of spontaneitya
D. A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothingI
Q.4: Which of the following best describes James Joyces Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man ?c
A. It begins with the famous line: Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo?
B. It is a semi-autobiographical account of Joyces coming of age as an artist.T
C. It captures the conflict that Stephen Dedalus has with his Irish and Catholic heritage.W
D. All of the above
Q.5: Which of the following best describes Samuel Becketts play Waiting for Godot ?W
A. Becketts work expresses a certain frustration with the inability of language to fully capture the human condition.u
B. Becketts play explores how language helps to form ones notion of self.L
C. Becketts work captures an almost transcendent melancholy as it explores humanP
D. desires for a redemption that may or may not ever materialize.>
Q.6: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Modernism ?C
A. A radical project of experimentation with literary and artistic formD
B. A belief in the power of the natural world to communicate transcendent truthL
C. The use of irony and parody
D. Both A and B
Q.7: What are the differences between conservative modernism and progressive modernism ?S
A. Conservative modernism came to look to the past for inspiration and hope, while progressive modernism looked to the future.{
B. Conservative modernism supported the status quo, while progressive modernism was deeply engaged in political and social amelioration.
C. Conservative modernism celebrated aesthetic formalism, while progressive modernism celebrated innovation and attacked aesthetic formalism.
D. All of the above
Q.8: Which of the following is NOT one of Pablo Picassos periods of artistic production ?W
A. Dadaist period
B. Blue period
C. Synthetic cubism
D. Rose period
Q.9: According to Dr. Michael Webster in his essay, Poetic Modes in the late 19th and early 20th Century, which of the following is NOT a poetic mode of this time period ?
A. Genteel
B. Symbolist
C. Impressionist
D. Decadent
Q.10: Which of the following Post-Modern theoreticians explores the contradictions of colonial discourse and the ambivalence that the colonizer feels towards the colonized other in works such as Nation and Narration ?
A. Linda Hutcheon
B. Homi Bhabha
C. Jacques Derrida
D. Fredric Jameson

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