What was the primary significance of “The Book of American Negro Poetry” (1922), edited by James Weldon Johnson ?

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What was the primary significance of “The Book of American Negro Poetry” (1922), edited by James Weldon Johnson ?

A. It established an authoritative and unquestionable canon of African American poetry.
B. It inspired Harlem Renaissance writers to establish a tradition of African American poetry.
C. It presented African American writers to a previously indifferent white audience.
D. It provided literary criticism on African American poetry.

Professor Hammer argues that Hart Crane’s poem “Voyages” is a complex reply to which of the following modernist works ?

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Professor Hammer argues that Hart Crane’s poem “Voyages” is a complex reply to which of the following modernist works ?

A. Langston Hughes’ “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
B. Ezra Pound’s “Cantos”
C. T.S. Eliot’s “A Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
D. T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land

Professor Hammer points out that T.S. Eliot used quotation as an important literary technique. The use of quotations, according to Professor Hammer, suggests which of the following attitudes to the past ?

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Professor Hammer points out that T.S. Eliot used quotation as an important literary technique. The use of quotations, according to Professor Hammer, suggests which of the following attitudes to the past ?

A. Curiosity about the past
B. Deference to the past
C. Violation of the past
D. Paradoxically both B and C

In T.S. Eliot’s essay called “Tradition and Individual Talent,” he argues that the progress of an artist consists of which of the following ?

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In T.S. Eliot’s essay called “Tradition and Individual Talent,” he argues that the progress of an artist consists of which of the following ?

A. “Continual expansion of the personality and its diverse elements”
B. “Continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality”
C. “Continual transformation of the personality”
D. “Continual identification with the past”

Why was World War II a defining event in the history of the 20th century ?

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Why was World War II a defining event in the history of the 20th century ?

A. It brought unprecedented destruction and loss of life, thereby putting into question the entirecultural and political legacy of Western civilization.
B. It was followed by Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and by the entrenchment of the Soviet totalitarian system of rule.
C. It was followed by the Cold War, which affected international politics throughout the world.
D. All of these answers

Ezra Pound’s “Canto XIV” opens with the line “Io venni in luogo d’ogni luce muto” [I came to a place devoid of light]. This creates a connection between the Canto and which of the following works ?

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Ezra Pound’s “Canto XIV” opens with the line “Io venni in luogo d’ogni luce muto” [I came to a place devoid of light]. This creates a connection between the Canto and which of the following works ?

A. Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
B. Dante’s “Divine Comedy”
C. Goethe’s “Faust”
D. Thomas Mann’s “Doctor Faustus”

In analyzing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Professor Hammer argues that Eliot creates something that might be called which of the following ?

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In analyzing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” Professor Hammer argues that Eliot creates something that might be called which of the following ?

A. “A meditation on contradictions”
B. “Overheard inner speech”
C. “Implicit dialogue with the future”
D. “Objective correlative”

Which of the following statements best characterizes the contrast between T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” and the futurist aesthetic project ?

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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.

Professor Hammer argues that Marianne Moore’s poem “England” suggests which of the following ?

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Professor Hammer argues that Marianne Moore’s poem “England” suggests which of the following ?

A. Moore’s emotional and aesthetic attachment to England
B. Moore’s harsh critique of the carnage of World War I
C. Moore’s particular kind of combative American cultural nationalism
D. Moore’s interest in England’s civilizing mission in the world