Which of the following is not associated with high modernism in the novel ?

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1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. Given the popularity of the Gothic novel and the novel of purpose, which of the following novelists wrote fiction that is closer in subject matter to the novel of manners than it is to the writing of her own era ?

   A. Fanny Burney
   B. Mary Wollstonecraft
   C. Anna Letitia Barbauld
   D. Jane Austen

5. 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.

6. Which author(s) are associated with Modernism ?

   A. T.S. Eliot
   B. T.E. Hulme
   C. Ezra Pound
   D. All of the Above

7. 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

8. 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

9. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, what is the difference between a historical narrative and a historical novel ?

   A. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.
   B. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.
   C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.
   D. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist.

10. Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?

    A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
    B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
    C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
    D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.