Many critics see similarities between the tenets of Futurism and which of the following political philosophies ?

Related Mcqs:

1. Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the relationship between Italian Futurism and its historical context ?

   A. The Italian Futurists were fascinated by the age of electric and chemical power, and they praised the beauty of automobiles.
   B. The Italian Futurists lived within a quickly changing social world, and they praised speed.
   C. Marinetti and other Italian Futurists supported Mussolini’s fascism.
   D. All of these answers

2. Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between Futurism and Vorticism ?

   A. Members of both movements were fascinated by speed and dynamism, but unlike the Futurists, Vorticists did not celebrate technology and industrialization.
   B. Futurism was a politically-inclined movement, whereas Vorticism was free of all political entanglements.
   C. Futurism lasted for several decades, whereas Vorticism was short-lived.
   D. Vorticists celebrated technology and industrialization, whereas Futurists explored impending cultural challenges regarding technology and industrialization.

3. What are some of the surface similarities between Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” and John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Telling the Bees” ?

   A. They both address the theme of death.
   B. Both use formal meter to present a narrative structure.
   C. They are both set in rural New England.
   D. All of these answers

4. 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.

5. A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?

   A. Historical
   B. Feminist
   C. Tory
   D. Psychological

6. Which of the following critics preferred Shakespeare’s Comedies to his Tragedies ?

   A. Dryden
   B. Pope
   C. Dr. Johnson
   D. Addison

7. Which of the following critics is a famous Shakespearean scholar ?

   A. M. H. Abrams
   B. Stephen Greenblatt
   C. Helen Vendler
   D. Wayne C. Booth

8. Which of the following best describes how the novel “Frankenstein” is understood by critics ?

   A. As a commentary on Victorian England
   B. As an apolitical horror story
   C. As a novel ghostwritten by Perce Shelley
   D. As an exploration on the effects of science on humanity

9. Based on your readings for the course, which of the following best states how critics often interpret the dead hand in “The Castle of Otranto” ?

   A. The hand represents the superiority of the Enlightenment over medievalism.
   B. The hand symbolizes the danger of marriage.
   C. The hand signifies the mysterious pull of the labyrinth.
   D. The hand represents the claim of primogeniture over the living.

10. Some critics argue that the use of dialect by such authors as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Charles Chesnutt did all of the following except_______________?

    A. Strengthened the African American’s place in the world of literature
    B. Perpetuated stereotypes
    C. Allowed African American authors to sell their works more widely to white audiences
    D. Showed that African Americans couldn’t speak properly.