A. Langston Hues
B. William Faulkner
C. Wallace Stevens
D. T.S. Elliot
Related Mcqs:
- The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed from ?
A. Virgil
B. Fetronius
C. Seneca
D. Homer - Which of the following myths does not figure in The Waste Land ?
A. Oedipus
B. Grail Legend of Fisher King
C. Philomela
D. Sysyphus - Who called ‘The Waste Land ‘a music of ideas’ ?
A. Allen Tate
B. J.C Ransom
C. I.A Richards
D. F. R Leavis - Which of the following natural forces “speaks” in the culminating passage of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” ?
A. An avalanche
B. Rapids
C. The west wind
D. Thunder - 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.
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.
C. “The Waste Land” is an ironic exploration of Romantic themes, whereas the futurists incorporate ironic evocations of the classical tradition in their poetry.
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. - According to Professor Hammer, which of the following is the central question explored by T.S. Eliot in “The Waste Land” ?
A. Is authentic poetry possible in the aftermath of the carnage of World War I?
B. Given the diversity of the world’s poetic traditions, can there be a universal language of poetic symbolism?
C. How can a shared world be created out of the fundamentally different and private experiences of individual people?
D. Given that each person experiences trauma differently, is it possible for all to understand the modern world as a shared “waste land”? - This famous neoclassical poet wrote on profound themes such as death, but he also had a lighter side. He once wrote an ode to a cat drowned in a tub of gold fishes ?
A. Alexander Pope
B. William Collins
C. Thomas Gray
D. Ben Jonson - _____________the eyes of all people are upon us; soe that if wee shall deale falsely with our god in this worke wee have undertaken and soe cause him to withdrawe his preent help from us, wee shall be made a story and a by-word through the world, wee shall open the mouthes of enemies to speake evill of the ways of god and all professours for Gods sake; wee shall shame the faces of many of gods worthy servants, and cause theire prayers to be turned into Cursses upon us till we be consumed out of the good land whether wee are going ?
A. Fredrick Douglass
B. John Winthrop
C. Benjamin Franklin
D. William Apess - This Puritan author wrote a persuasive speech ?
A. William Bradstreet
B. Mather Edwards
C. John Williams
D. Johnathan Edwards - Who wrote Mending wall ?
A. Carl Sanburg
B. T.S. Eliot
C. E.e cummings
D. Robert Lee Forst
