A. Oedipus
B. Grail Legend of Fisher King
C. Philomela
D. Sysyphus
Related Mcqs:
- The epigraph of The Waste Land is borrowed from ?
A. Virgil
B. Fetronius
C. Seneca
D. Homer - Who called ‘The Waste Land ‘a music of ideas’ ?
A. Allen Tate
B. J.C Ransom
C. I.A Richards
D. F. R Leavis - Which of the following natural forces “speaks” in the culminating passage of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” ?
A. An avalanche
B. Rapids
C. The west wind
D. Thunder - Which of the following statements best characterizes the contrast between T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” and the futurist aesthetic project ?
A. “The Waste Land” is primarily concerned with nature, whereas the futurists are most interested in industrial and urban landscapes.
B. “The Waste Land” confronts the fragmentation of modernity by exploring a variety of modes and voices, whereas the futurists do not focus on the fragmentation of modern experience, praising speed and industrial progress instead.
C. “The Waste Land” is an ironic exploration of Romantic themes, whereas the futurists incorporate ironic evocations of the classical tradition in their poetry.
D. “The Waste Land” focuses on the personal connection between poet and speaker, whereas the futurists focus on an impersonal connection between humans and industry. - According to Professor Hammer, which of the following is the central question explored by T.S. Eliot in “The Waste Land” ?
A. Is authentic poetry possible in the aftermath of the carnage of World War I?
B. Given the diversity of the world’s poetic traditions, can there be a universal language of poetic symbolism?
C. How can a shared world be created out of the fundamentally different and private experiences of individual people?
D. Given that each person experiences trauma differently, is it possible for all to understand the modern world as a shared “waste land”? - Who wrote “The waste land” ?
A. Langston Hues
B. William Faulkner
C. Wallace Stevens
D. T.S. Elliot - Which powerful figure does Faustus ridicule with his new-found powers ?
A. The Pope
B. The Holy Roman Emperor
C. The King of England
D. The King of France - How does the motif of the wandering Jew figure in “The Monk” ?
A. It introduces one of several supernatural elements into the plot.
B. It dispels the anti-Semitism associated with the Gothic novel.
C. It offers a positive alternative to the excesses of the Catholic Church.
D. It suggests that redemption is possible through penitence. - 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 - One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?
A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
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.
