A. Collectivism versus the authority of the individual.
B. The wearing away of traditional class structures.
C. The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
D. The disassociated, anomic self.
Related Mcqs:
- Which of the following statements best characterizes the form of Claude McKay’s poem “The Harlem Dancer” ?
A. It is an English sonnet.
B. It is an Italian sonnet.
C. It is a Spenserian sonnet.
D. It is a free verse poem. - What was the primary significance of “The Book of American Negro Poetry” (1922), edited by James Weldon Johnson ?
A. It established an authoritative and unquestionable canon of African American poetry.
B. It inspired Harlem Renaissance writers to establish a tradition of African American poetry.
C. It presented African American writers to a previously indifferent white audience.
D. It provided literary criticism on African American poetry. - Which of the following exemplifies the Modernist style of The Dubliners ?
A. the positive representation of cultural institutions
B. the representation of a shallow, drab culture
C. the positive representation of the Catholic Church
D. the representation of adventures the city offers to the mind - Which of the following statements best exemplifies the main idea put forward by John Milton in book 9 of Paradise Lost ?
A. Satan was ultimately heroic.
B. The fall of Adam and Eve was a tragic event.
C. Adam and Eve were driven to evil by their children.
D. God abandoned the realm of Eden without reason. - Jonathan Swift’s suggestion in “A Modest Proposal” that the Irish eat their children exemplifies the characteristics of a satire in all of the following ways EXCEPT_______________?
A. its mocking tone.
B. its absurd response to a real issue.
C. its sentimental plea to its audience.
D. its attempt to shock readers into acting. - Which of the following couples exemplify/ exemplifies courtly love ?
A. Lancelot and Guinevere
B. Dante and Beatrice
C. Arthur and Guinevere
D. All of the Above - In Ulysses, which character best exemplifies anti-Semitism ?
A. Leopold Bloom
B. Mr. Deasy
C. Gabriel Conroy
D. Molly Ivors - I have said that the sole effect of my somewhat childish experiment—that of looking down within the tarn—had been to deepen the first singular impression. There can be no doubt that the consciousness of the rapid increase of my superstition— for why should I not so term it?—served mainly to accelerate the increase itself. Such, I have long known, is the paradoxical law of all sentiments having terror as a basis. This work exemplifies ?
A. Unity of effect
B. Ratiocinactive effect
C. Cataleptic effect
D. Didactic effect - Which text exemplifies the anti- Victorianism prevalent in the early twentieth century ?
A. Eminent Victorians
B. Jungle Books
C. The Way of All Flesh
D. both A and C - Which text exemplifies the anti- Victorianism prevalent in the early twentieth century ?
A. Eminent Victorians
B. Jungle Books
C. The Way of All Flesh
D. both A and C
