A. Its fractured, collage effect.
B. Its insistence on plot.
C. Its focus on landscape.
D. Its focus on modern city life.
Related Mcqs:
- What are the differences between conservative modernism and progressive modernism ?
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 - In his essay “The Roots of Modernism,” Christopher L.C.E. Witcombe defines the modern period in the history of art as the time from roughly 1860 to 1970. How does he say modernism is typically defined ?
A. Modernism is the art produced during the modern period.
B. Modernism is the historical period which followed the modern period.
C. Modernism is the philosophy of modern art.
D. Both A and C - In Jean Toomer’s “Her Lips Are Copper Wires,” a kiss is compared to_______________?
A. A waterfall.
B. Electricity.
C. A war.
D. A factory. - What lesson does Hare’s adventure involving a tall man with a cane attempt to teach the Winnebago people ?
A. Flattery will get you no where
B. Don’t put of for tomorrow what you can do today
C. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
D. Boasting shows weakness and will lead to bad things - Which author(s) are associated with Modernism ?
A. T.S. Eliot
B. T.E. Hulme
C. Ezra Pound
D. All of the Above - Which of the following is not associated with high modernism in the novel ?
A. stream of consciousness
B. free indirect style
C. irresolute open endings
D. narrative realism - Which of the following is not associated with high modernism in the novel ?
A. stream of consciousness
B. free indirect style
C. irresolute open endings
D. narrative realism - 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 - In the first lecture of his Modern Poetry course, what argument does Professor Langdon Hammer make about the relationship between the modern city and poetic modernism ?
A. Most modernist poets lived in large cities; therefore, they often used urban imagery in their poetry.
B. Many languages and many forms of language were used in large cities; modernist poets often treated language not as something given and natural but as a construct which they could manipulate.
C. Individuals often felt lost and alienated in large cities, and among poets this resulted in turning inward and focusing only on the world of one’s own imagination.
D. All of these answers - Complete the following sentence. Yeats’s “Sailing to Byzantium” is a good example of High Modernism, because it_____________?
A. embraces the rhythms and diction of common man’s speech.
B. was written at the very beginning of the 20th century.
C. attempts to create a modernist high culture.
D. does not employ rhyme.
