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Related Mcqs:

1. In his first lecture onWilliam Butler Yeats, Professor Hammer says that the young Yeats identified with King Goll. What does he mean by this ?

   A. Yeats’s poetry was autobiographical, but he understood his life through the prism of myths and symbols; symbolism was therefore present in both Yeats’s life and in his poetry.
   B. Yeats believed that each person was an instance of a general cultural type or symbol.
   C. The young Yeats wished to emphasize his identity as an English poet and draw attention away from his Irish heritage.
   D. Both A and B

2. The first Englishwoman to earn her living as a playwright was______________?

   A. Nell Gwynn
   B. Aphra Behn
   C. Lady Teazle
   D. Ann Hathaway

3. Dickens’ first novel which focused on the specific social ills was______________?

   A. the Christmas carol
   B. Great Expectations
   C. oliver twist
   D. a tale of two cities

4. W.B.Yeats used the phrase ‘the artifice of eternity’ in his poem ?

   A. Sailing to Byzantium
   B. Byzantium
   C. The Second Coming
   D. Leda and the Swan

5. W.B. Yeats received the Nobel Prize for literature in the year ?

   A. 1938
   B. 1925
   C. 1932
   D. 1923

6. Which of the following famous literary lines is contained in William Butler Yeats’ poem “The Second Coming” ?

   A. “Hearing of harvests rotting in the valleys”
   B. “And we rebuild our cities, not dream of islands”
   C. “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold”
   D. “Mother died today”

7. How may W.B. Yeats’ poem, “The Second Coming,” be interpreted ?

   A. As an interpretation of the Biblical Second Coming of Christ
   B. As an attempt to support European colonialism in Africa
   C. As a howl of despair concerning the current state of the world
   D. Both A and C

8. Yeats’s “Song of Wandering Aengus” ends with the lines: “And pluck till time and times are done/The silver apples of the moon/The golden apples of the sun.” Which of the following is NOT a symbolic meaning of the apples ?

   A. They symbolize the return to a lost paradise.
   B. They point to alchemical elements, which in turn symbolize the body and the soul.
   C. They symbolize the coming apocalypse.
   D. They symbolize a fulfilled longing.

9. 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.

10. 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”