A. Symbolism began as a French literary movement in the late 19th century.
B. Paul Gauguin is an example of symbolism in painting.
C. Symbolism adheres to an objective view of reality and a rational and realistic depiction of the natural world.
D. Both A and B
Related Mcqs:
- In his essay “The Symbolism of Poetry,” William Butler Yeats argues that which of the following is the purpose of rhythm ?
A. To “amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical symbols”
B. To “prolong the moment of contemplation”
C. To “counteract the forces of dispersal inherent in metaphorical language”
D. To “make poetry new” - According to Walter Benjamin in “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,” which of the following is true ?
A. “Even the most perfect reproduction of a work of art is lacking in one element: its presence in time and space, its unique existence at the place where it happens to be.”
B. “The feeling of strangeness that overcomes the actor before the camera, as Pirandello describes it, is basically of the same kind as the estrangement felt before one’s own image in the mirror.”
C. “All art work, even mass produced art, clearly links to an original referent that has a stable and knowable meaning.”
D. Both A and B - Which of the following statements is true of the Anglo-Irish War ?
A. The Anglo-Irish war began with the resistance of the Irish Republican Army.
B. The Anglo-Irish war never involved a guerrilla campaign.
C. In the course of the Anglo-Irish War, only a few hundred members of the Irish Republican Army were actively resisting British rule.
D. All of the above - According to Theodor Adorno’s and Max Horkheimer’s “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception,” which of the following is true of the culture industry ?
A. The culture industry is classified by ruthless uniformity of all ideas.
B. The culture industry is the chief method by which technology brings true democracy to all.
C. The culture industry is a fundamental way to promote individuality.
D. The culture industry is chiefly intended to offer consumers the opportunity to classify wants and desires as well as corresponding production. - Which of the following is true of Arthur Rimbaud’s poem “Eternity” ?
A. It ends with the lines: “Eternity./It is the sea run off/ With the sun.”
B. It suggests that the quest for knowledge and enlightenment is deeply satisfying.
C. The poem speaks of the necessity of seeking human approval and communal acceptance.
D. It begins with the lines: “I kissed the dawn of summer.” - Which of the following is true of Ezra Pound’s “Canto XIV” ?
A. It contains almost hellish imagery, such as: “Melting like dirty wax,/decayed candles, the bums sinking lower,/faces submerged under hams.”
B. It explores the theme of the perversion of language.
C. It deeply identifies with Dante’s “Inferno” in terms of tone and thick description.
D. All of the above - According to T.S. Eliot in his essay on “Tradition and the Individual Talent,” which of the following is true of “tradition ?”
A. In English literature, we cannot refer to “the tradition” or to “a tradition;” at most, we employ the adjective in saying that the poetry of so-and-so is “traditional” or even “too traditional.”
B. Tradition is the great conversation which links all English literature and is a coherent and stable cannon.
C. All of the above
D. A and B only - Which of the following is true of Charles Baudelaire’s “Bénédiction” ?
A. It was originally written in English.
B. It celebrates the almost divine power of the poet.
C. It suggests that poetry is demonic in nature.
D. Both A and B - Identify the rhetorical figure used in the following line of Tennyson “Faith unfaithful kept him falsely true.” ?
A. Oxymoron
B. Metaphor
C. Simile
D. Synecdoche - Which of the following statements about Greek tragedies is true ?
A. They were not popular with ancient Greek audiences.
B. They were usually set in the past.
C. They were almost never set in the past.
D. They were often done in honor of the Greek god Zeus.
