20th Century

In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more___ but less than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound.

A. popular; reverenced
B. brash; confident
C. radical; inventive
D. anxious; haunting

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Which thinker had a major impact on early-twentieth-century writers, leading them to reimagine human identity in radically new ways?

A. Sigmund Freud
B. Sir James Frazer
C. Immanuel Kant
D. all but C

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What characteristics of seventeenth century Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and critics ?

A. its intellectual complexity
B. its union of thought and passion
C. its uncompromising engagement with politics
D. A and B

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Which poet could be described as part of \The Movement\of the 1950s ?

A. Thom Gunn
B. Dylan Thomas
C. Philip Larkin
D. both A and C

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What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?

A. the emergence of a mass literate population at whom a new mass-produced literature could be directed
B. a new market for basic textbooks which paid better than sophisticated novels or plays
C. a popular thirst for the \classics,\
driving contemporary writers to the margins
D. none of the above

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Which novel did T. S. Eliot praise for utilizing a new “mythical method” in place of the old “narrative method” and demonstrates the use of ancient mythology in modernist fiction to think about “making the modern world possible for art” ?

A. Virginia Woolf’s The Waves
B. Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
C. James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake
D. James Joyce’s Ulysses

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Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?

A. art for intellect’s sake
B. art for God’s sake
C. art for the masses
D. art for art’s sake

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20th Century

In the 1930s, younger writers such as W. H. Auden were more___ but less than older modernists such as Eliot and Pound.

Which thinker had a major impact on early-twentieth-century writers, leading them to reimagine human identity in radically new ways?

What characteristics of seventeenth century Metaphysical poetry sparked the enthusiasm of modernist poets and critics ?

Which poet could be described as part of \The Movement\of the 1950s ?

What was the impact on literature of the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary schooling compulsory ?

Which novel did T. S. Eliot praise for utilizing a new “mythical method” in place of the old “narrative method” and demonstrates the use of ancient mythology in modernist fiction to think about “making the modern world possible for art” ?

How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?

Which of the following has been a significant development in British theater since the abolition of censorship in 1968 ?

When was the ban finally lifted on D. H. Lawrence’s novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, written in 1928?

Which of the following phrases best characterizes the late-nineteenth century aesthetic movement which widened the breach between artists and the reading public, sowing the seeds of modernism ?