A. “Paradise Lost”
B. “The Odyssey”
C. “The Iliad”
D. All of the above
Related Mcqs:
- Ezra Pound’s “Cantos” may be called a modernist epic, though its form ultimately defies classification. Pound’s poem alludes to which of the following epic poems ?
A. The Mahabharata
B. Paradise Lost
C. The Odyssey
D. The Aeneid - What is the title to Milton’s blank-verse epic that assimilates and critiques the epic tradition ?
A. L’Allegro
B. Lycidas
C. Paradise Lost
D. The Divine Comedy - Choose the best answer. Which of the following statements is true concerning epic poetry ?
A. Epic poetry is of a moral nature and tends to the promotion of virtue.
B. “Canterbury Tales” is an example of epic poetry.
C. All of the above answers are true.
D. None of These - Which of the following elements DOES NOT characterize epic poetry ?
A. An Epic Council
B. An “Arming of the Hero” Scene
C. A “Tragic Recognition” Speech
D. An Invocation to the Muse - Edmund Spenser was directly influenced by which writer’s epic poetry ?
A. Milton
B. Wordsworth
C. Aristo
D. Both A and B - Who is largely considered to be the father of epic poetry ?
A. Homer
B. Dante
C. Virgil
D. Milton - Which of the following statements best expresses the difference between how visual images functioned in World War I poetry and Imagist poetry ?
A. There were no significant differences in the functioning of visual images in these two types of poetry.
B. The Imagists relied on visual images to achieve clarity of expression, whereas World War I poets relied on visual images to subtly punctuate their often desperate political messages.
C. The Imagists valued brevity, which could be achieved with precise visual images, whereasWorldWar I poets preferred declamatory statements in their poems.
D. WorldWar I poets valued clarity of expression through visual images, whereas Imagists relied on complex expression through emotional visual images. - Which of the following descriptors does NOT apply to the features of French Symbolist poetry that influenced other modernist poetry ?
A. French Symbolist poetry is full of exaggerated metaphors.
B. French Symbolist poetry has narrative clarity.
C. French Symbolist poetry is shocking.
D. French Symbolist poetry is formally experimental. - Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Georgian poetry and English World War I poetry ?
A. Georgian poetry was modeled on World War I poetry and adapted its insights to postwar realities.
B. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian poetry was concerned primarily with the effects of urbanization and industrialization.
C. Unlike World War I poetry, Georgian poetry was concerned primarily with women’s rights.
D. World War I poets like Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen adapted the Georgian poetic manner to write about modern subjects; most Georgian poets focused on individual experience and avoided writing about the upheavals of modernity. - Which of the following best characterizes the contrast between Gertrude Stein’s poetry and Imagist poetry ?
A. Stein experimented only with the sound qualities of language, whereas the Imagists focused on visual imagery.
B. Stein experimented with language that skirted the edges of sense, whereas the Imagists sought precision and clarity of expression.
C. Stein sought to combine classical poetic form with contemporary content, whereas the Imagists used traditional poetic subject matter but experimented with form.
D. Stein sought precision and clarity in her poems, whereas the Imagists sought experimental forms that enhanced visual imagery.
