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1) Which of the following events increased the appeal of communism among American intellectuals both black and white in the years between 1918 and 1939 ? a. The Great Depression b. Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939 c. The Russian Civil War d. World War I
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2) 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 Yeat 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
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3) Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between Futurism and Vorticism ? a. Members of both movements were fascinated by speed and dynamism, but unlike the Futurists, Vorticists did not celebrate technology and industrializati b. Futurism was a politically-inclined movement, whereas Vorticism was free of all political entanglements. c. Futurism lasted for several decades, whereas Vorticism was short-lived. d. Vorticists celebrated technology and industrialization, whereas Futurists explored impending cultural challenges regarding technology and industrializ
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4) 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.
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5) 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
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6) Siegfried Sassoon’s “The Dragon and the Undying” includes the following lines: “Yet, though the slain are homeless as the breeze,/Vocal are they, like stormbewilder’d seas.” Which of the following literary devices does Sassoon use in these lines and to what effect ? a. Metaphor to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature b. Simile to suggest a connection between soldiers and nature c. Metonymy to describe the brutality of modern warfare d. Onomatopoeia to describe the brutality of modern warfare
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7) Which of the following statements accurately compares Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” and Siegfried Sassoon’s “The Rear Guard” ? a. Both poems praise Britain’s military power and its imperial ambitions. b. Both poems describe Britain’s civilizing mission in the world. c. Both poems seek to respond to the harsh political and military realities of their day. d. Both poems romanticize war and glorify the life of the soldier.
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8) Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a modernist poet ? a. William Carlos Williams b. John Greenleaf Whittier c. George Herbert d. Robert Browning
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9) Which of the following literary devices is most prominent in Gertrude Stein’s poem “New” ? a. Assonance and word repetition b. Simile c. Metaphor and allusion d. Circumlocution
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10) 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”?
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