Georges Braque’s “Woman with a Guitar” is an example of which of the following artistic movements ?
A. Cubism
B. Vorticism
C. Futurism
D. A and B only
English Literature Mcqs
Between 1890 and 1919, which of the following was a preoccupation of Western European literature ?
Between 1890 and 1919, which of the following was a preoccupation of Western European literature ?
A. Sexual mores
B. The importance of the irrational
C. Bourgeois sensibility
D. All of the above
Which novelist is NOT commonly thought of as producing Post-Colonial work ?
Which novelist is NOT commonly thought of as producing Post-Colonial work ?
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Salman Rushdie
C. Seamus Heaney
D. Vladimir Nabokov
According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s module on Freud, Sigmund Freud’s work on transference and trauma argues which of the following points ?
According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s module on Freud, Sigmund Freud’s work on transference and trauma argues which of the following points ?
A. There is an undeniable “tension between the death-instinct and the sexual instincts.”
B. Repetition-compulsion does not help to come to terms with one’s own mortality.
C. Most victims of trauma do not exhibit “the compulsion of the human psyche to repeat traumatic events over and over again.”
D. Talk therapy will not help cure one’s psychological neuroses concerning past trauma.
T.S. Eliot considered which of the following one of the greatest short stories ever written ?
T.S. Eliot considered which of the following one of the greatest short stories ever written ?
A. “The Dead”
B. “The Surrealist Manifesto”
C. “The Heart of Darkness”
D. “To the Lighthouse”
Which of the following statements regarding Oscar Wilde is false ?
Which of the following statements regarding Oscar Wilde is false ?
A. His career ended when he was jailed for criminal “gross indecency.”
B. He believed that art should be something more than the reproduction and appreciation of the natural world.
C. Wilde was the author of such poems as “Bénédiction,” “L’Albatros,” and “élévation.”
D. He was notorious for his use of paradox.
Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the general characteristics of T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland” ?
Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the general characteristics of T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland” ?
A. Some academic scholars suggest that “TheWasteland” is an extrapolation of the search for the Holy Grail.
B. “The Wasteland” is an excellent example of modernist symbolism.
C. Eliot’s poem takes great pains to illustrate the breakdown of stable meaning in the modern world.
D. “The Wasteland” is often used as an excellent example of poetic realism.
Which of the following best describes the novel “The God of Small Things?”
Which of the following best describes the novel “The God of Small Things?”
A. It is a lyrical novel that explores cultural identity and decline of an Indian family.
B. It is a Romantic novel that explores the decline of a Russian family.
C. It is a stream-of-consciousness narrative that explores cultural identity in nineteenth-century Ireland.
D. It is a lyrical novel that explores the decline of a Caribbean family.
T.S. Eliot’s “TheWaste Land” begins with which of the following well-known opening lines ?
T.S. Eliot’s “TheWaste Land” begins with which of the following well-known opening lines ?
A. “Was it for this-”
B. “Riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.”
C. “And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.”
D. “April is the cruellest month”
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Realism” as an artistic and literary movement ?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Realism” as an artistic and literary movement ?
A. Realism strives to depict humans within a certain social context.
B. Realism depicts the tension between harsh reality and ideals.
C. Realism gives up the search for truth and instead embraces moral relativism.
D. Realism explores ethical quandaries within a social context.