A. Stark and sterile
B. Flowery and ornate
C. Futuristic and technologically advanced
D. Ancient and sophisticated
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following best describes Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot” ?
A. Beckett’s work expresses a certain frustration with the inability of language to fully capture the human condition.
B. Beckett’s play explores how language helps to form one’s notion of self.
C. Beckett’s work captures an almost transcendent melancholy as it explores human
desires for a redemption that may or may not ever materialize.
D. All of the above - Which of the following statements best represents the main theme of Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” ?
A. The world can be fully understood if people listen closely to what others are saying.
B. Good things, including salvation, come to those who are patient.
C. Redemption comes from surrendering to a higher power.
D. People are fundamentally unable to realize any sort of inherent meaning in existence. - How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?
A. “nothing happens-twice”
B. “political correctness gone mad”
C. “kitchen sink drama”
D. “angry young men - How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?
A. \nothing happens-twice\
B. \political correctness gone mad\
C. \kitchen sink drama\
D. \angry young men - One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: “The historical approach, for instance, might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time, we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish Plot and the Exclusion Bill Crisis, and that there are obvious similarities between the Conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot in history. The Tories would never approve of the bloody Popish Plot, but they nonetheless sympathized with the plotters for the way they were abused by the Tory enemy, the Whigs. Thus it makes sense for Otway to condemn the conspiracy itself in Vencie Preserv’d without condemning the conspirators themselves.” What purpose does this prescribe to ?
A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the readin
B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
D. All of the above answers are correct. - The statements below are parts of the steps on “How to Analyze a Play”. Which comes in as second thing to do before writing a critical essay of a play ?
A. Identify External Factors Related to the Work
B. Interpret the Play
C. Analyze the Staging
D. Analyze the Essential Elements of the Play - 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 ?
A. These 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.
B. These lines suggest that the Great War lasted much longer than it should have.
C. These lines equate humans with animals, and they anthropomorphize weapons to show a world where there is no place for human values.
D. These lines represent a modern funeral dirge that mimics the rhythm of ancient Greek funeral dirges. - 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 ?
A. Brooke’s inclusion of a quotation from Horace in these lines serves to emphasize
the distance between the ideals ofWestern civilization and its realities.
B. These lines suggest the author’s anger and disillusionment with cultural norms which glorify war.
C. In these lines, Brooke seeks to bridge the gap between individual experience and cultural norms and beliefs.
D. All of the above - Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” opens with the following lines: “If I should die, think only this of me:/That there’s some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines and Brooke’s poem as a whole ?
A. These lines and the poem as a whole use both the political concept of a nation and the spiritual concept of eternity to give meaning to soldiers’ deaths on the battlefield.
B. These lines and the poem as a whole are primarily concerned with the extension of Britain’s imperial power.
C. These lines and the poem as a whole seek to directly express the horrors of war.
D. These lines and the poem as a whole rely on assonance to magnify the critique of war expressed in the poem. - Which of the following statements best describes the worldview represented by postmodern theater ?
A. The world is a bright and interesting place.
B. Universal truth doesn’t exist, and audience members must discover truth for themselves.
C. The world is so complex that it does not require literature or theater.
D. Mainstream audiences are so shallow that it is not worth writing plays for them.
