Que- Which of the following statements best expresses the difference between how visual images functioned in World War I poetry and Imagist poetry ?
a. There were no significant differences in the functioning of visual images in these two types of poetry.
b. The Imagists relied on visual images to achieve clarity of expression, whereas World War I poets relied on visual images to subtly punctuate their often desperate political messages.
c. The Imagists valued brevity, which could be achieved with precise visual images, whereasWorldWar I poets preferred declamatory statements in their poems.
d. WorldWar I poets valued clarity of expression through visual images, whereas Imagists relied on complex expression through emotional visual images.
Answer- The Imagists relied on visual images to achieve clarity of expression, whereas World War I poets relied on visual images to subtly punctuate their often desperate political messages.
Que- Ezra Pound's "Cantos" may be called a modernist epic, though its form ultimately defies classification. Pound's poem alludes to which of the following epic poems ?
a. The Mahabharata
b. Paradise Lost
c. The Odyssey
d. The Aeneid
Answer- The Odyssey
Que- Which of the following statements does NOT characterize the poet e. e. cummings ?
a. Ivy League educated
b. Active pacifist during both world wars
c. Popularized the use of free verse
d. A private and self-effacing person
Answer- A private and self-effacing person
Que- Ezra Pound's poem "In a Station of the Metro" reads: "The apparition of these faces in the crowd;/ Petals on a wet, black bough." Which of the following statements best characterizes this poem ?
a. It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature.
b. It seeks to amplify the distance between society and nature.
c. It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds.
d. It evokes the beauty of a pastoral scene.
Answer- It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds.
Que- Which of the following statements best characterizes American World War II poems ?
a. They tend to use traditional rhyme schemes and rhythms, and they avoid free verse.
b. They tend to use metaphors and avoid direct descriptive statements.
c. They tend to use classical imagery while rejecting romantic tropes.
d. They tend to be narrative and confront the reader with stark wartime realities.
Answer- They tend to be narrative and confront the reader with stark wartime realities.
Que- 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
Answer- Thunder
Que- What is the central theme of Keith Douglas's "How to Kill" ?
a. Combat detaches a man from humanity.
b. All is fair in love and war.
c. It is honorable and just to defend your country in a war.
d. There is a right and a wrong way to throw a hand grenade.
Answer- Combat detaches a man from humanity.
Que- Which of the following writers authored the poem "Dulce et Decorum Est?"
a. Wilfred Owen
b. Siegfried Sassoon
c. Rupert Brooke
d. Rudyard Kipling
Answer- Wilfred Owen
Que- Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliot's concept of the "objective correlative" ?
a. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem's formal structure and its meaning.
b. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem's formal structure and its rhetorical aim.
c. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poem's theme and its objective historical context.
d. The objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.
Answer- The objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.
Que- How can we live in this fear says one./From day to day says another. ?
a. Fear of the failure of a segregated educational system
b. Fear of the AIDs crisis
c. Fear of global nuclear war
d. Fear of the economic Great Depression
Answer- Fear of global nuclear war
Que- Which of the following best describes theidea of the symbol among French Symbolist poets ?
a. A symbol is an image that conveys powerful emotional states.
b. A symbol is an emblem of the actual world endowed with supernatural meanings.
c. A symbol is a metaphor that allows the poet to capture complex social realities.
d. A symbol is a description of past realities.
Answer- A symbol is an emblem of the actual world endowed with supernatural meanings.
Que- Professor Hammer argues that which of the following statements is true of Ezra Pound's strong emphasis on poetic technique ?
a. It serves to effectively depersonalize Pound's poems.
b. It serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pound's poetry.
c. It is a paradoxical mixture of personal and impersonal elements.
d. It is a means of creating a dialogue between modernity and tradition.
Answer- It serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pound's poetry.
Que- Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry ?
a. The Futurists apotheosized technology, whereas World War II poets often focused on technology's destructive powers.
b. The Futurists praised speed, whereas World War II poets often evoked images of nature to describe the human condition.
c. The Futurists privileged the part over the whole, whereas World War II poets did not deal with the problem of modernity and alienation.
d. The Futurists focused on advancements in technology and industry, whereas World War II poets ignored advancements in technology, especially in modern warfare.
Answer- The Futurists apotheosized technology, whereas World War II poets often focused on technology's destructive powers.
Que- Which of the following writers was among the founders of the Imagist movement ?
a. Salvador Dali
b. Horace Greeley
c. Ezra Pound
d. Rupert Brooke
Answer- Ezra Pound
Que- Which of the following statements accurately characterizes Marianne Moore's poem "A Grave ?"
a. It juxtaposes human consciousness against the sea.
b. It uses alliteration and iambic pentameter.
c. It has a subtle formal structure, even though it does not use rhyme.
d. Both A and C
Answer- Both A and C
Que- In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "A Cabin Tale," which character is a trickster figure?
a. Weasel.
b. Bear.
c. The farmer.
d. The young boy.
Answer- Weasel.
Que- The importance of Lucy Terry's "Bars Flight" is______________?
a. The poem is the first-known writing of an African American.
b. The poem is better than the poems of the more famous Phillis Wheatley.
c. The poem is the first of many poems by Terry.
d. The poetry focuses on slave life in the 18th century.
Answer- The poem is the first-known writing of an African American.
Que- The character of Delia in Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat" was influenced by______________?
a. Her relationship with a patron.
b. Her mother.
c. Her best friend.
d. Her job as a waitress.
Answer- Her relationship with a patron.
Que- The trickster figure is usually_______________?
a. Amoral (neither good nor evil)
b. Christian
c. Evil
d. None of these
Answer- Amoral (neither good nor evil)
Que- In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown's Clotel, Clotel is described as a quadroon. What does this mean ?
a. She is one-quarter Black.
b. She is one-eighth Black.
c. She is White.
d. She cannot be a slave.
Answer- She is one-quarter Black.
Que- Yusef Komunyakaa's "Blue Dementia" is an example of what kind of poetry ?
a. Protest poetry
b. Romantic poetry
c. Lyric poetry
d. Jazz poetry
Answer- Jazz poetry
Que- Harriet Jacobs wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl to show______________?
a. That female slaves were escaping more frequently than men.
b. How slavery was worse for men.
c. How females were affected by slavery.
d. That female slaves were more valuable than male slaves.
Answer- How females were affected by slavery.
Que- In Paul Laurence Dunbar's "When Malindy Sings," what kind of music is Malindy singing ?
a. Cakewalk tunes.
b. Gospel.
c. Jazz.
d. Blues.
Answer- Gospel.
Que- In Chapter XV of William Wells Brown's Clotel, why was Clotel made to cut her long hair ?
a. The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel.
b. To keep the lice away.
c. So that the other slaves would get along with her.
d. So she could sell it.
Answer- The mistress of the house was afraid her husband would be attracted to Clotel.
Que- The term "Civil Disobedience" was coined by which author ?
a. William Gates
b. Henry David Thoreau
c. Booker T. Washington
d. Alain Locke
Answer- Henry David Thoreau
Que- The subject of Soujourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" is_______________?
a. Women's rights.
b. Negro rights.
c. The right to keep one's children.
d. A and B.
Answer- A and B.
Que- In Nikki Giovanni's "The American Vision of Lincoln," the poet argues that the Capitol needs a statue of _____________next to the one of Abraham Lincoln?
a. W.E.B. DuBois
b. Amiri Baraka
c. Booker T. Washington
d. Frederick Douglass
Answer- Frederick Douglass
Que- Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?
a. So the author could get paid.
b. In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.
c. So that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.
d. So that the author could be assured he wouldn't be recaptured.
Answer- In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.
Que- Which author relied on complex characters and dialect to overturn American stereotypes about Southern African Americans ?
a. William Wells Brown
b. Richard Wright
c. Charles Chesnutt
d. Booker T. Washington
Answer- Charles Chesnutt
Que- Harriet Jacob's slave narrative Incidents in the Life differs from Harriet Beecher Stowe's abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin in what way ?
a. Stowe's novel is sentimental.
b. Stowe describes the treatment of slaves.
c. Stowe describes the escape of slaves.
d. Uncle Tom's Cabin was used by abolitionists.
Answer- Stowe's novel is sentimental.
Que- Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?
a. Narration of a deserved punishment.
b. Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.
c. Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.
d. The author's father is often a white man.
Answer- The author's father is often a white man.
Que- Frederick Douglass argued that slaves sang spirituals for all of the following reasons except______________?
a. To impress the horrors of slavery on listeners
b. To ease their pain
c. To pray for deliverance
d. To show that they were content in their work
Answer- To show that they were content in their work
Que- In the poem "When Malindy Sings," Paul Laurence Dunbar uses irony and caricature to "signify" on white assumptions about African Americans. What does Henry Louis Gate's term "signify" mean ?
a. Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers.
b. Fixing words with very specific meanings.
c. Making sure that what is written makes sense.
d. Lying to mislead the reader.
Answer- Giving words double meaning that appear differently to white and black readers.
Que- According to Larry Neal, the primary goal of the Black Arts Movement is_______________?
a. To speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of African Americans.
b. To raise awareness of violence in African American youth.
c. To support the Back to Africa Movement.
d. To raise money for Sickle Cell Anemia research.
Answer- To speak to the spiritual and cultural needs of African Americans.
Que- Native Son was written by___________________?
a. Jean Toomer.
b. Richard Wright.
c. Ralph Ellison.
d. James Baldwin.
Answer- Richard Wright.
Que- One of the functions of protest poetry was to________________?
a. Urge African Americans to fight their oppressors.
b. Encourage societies strive for equality for all.
c. Extol the virtues of living in the free North.
d. Argue that slavery was not so bad for everyone.
Answer- Encourage societies strive for equality for all.
Que- The fact that Claude McKay visited Russia in 1922 exemplifies the following theme of Modernism_____________?
a. Collectivism versus the authority of the individual.
b. The wearing away of traditional class structures.
c. The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
d. The disassociated, anomic self.
Answer- The impact of WWI and the 1918 Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.
Que- The theme of Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America" is_______________?
a. Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians.
b. Slaves should rebel against the Christian religion.
c. Slaves are the children of Cain.
d. Christians should free their slaves.
Answer- Slaves are capable of becoming good Christians.
Que- Why is the couple in Arna Bontemps's "A Summer Tragedy" getting dressed up ?
a. To go to a party.
b. To go pay old man Stevenson.
c. To end their lives.
d. To go to church.
Answer- To end their lives.
Que- Sonia Sanchez's "right on: white america" is protesting________________?
a. The extermination of Native Americans.
b. That there is a Black America and a White America.
c. Black on black violence.
d. The fact that America still has a frontier mentality.
Answer- The fact that America still has a frontier mentality.
Que- Who wrote Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl ?
a. Lucy Terry
b. William Wells Brown
c. Harriet Wilson
d. Harriet Jacobs
Answer- Harriet Jacobs
Que- Race relations in the North are attacked in_______________?
a. Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl.
b. Harriet Wilson's Our Nig.
c. William Wells Brown's Clotel.
d. Toni Morrison's Beloved.
Answer- Harriet Wilson's Our Nig.
Que- Who introduced the character of the "tragic mulatto" ?
a. William Wells Brown
b. Lydia Maria Child
c. Harriet Jacobs
d. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Answer- Lydia Maria Child
Que- Until recent years it was thought that Harriet Jacob's Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl was____________?
a. Based on a New England captivity narrative.
b. An anonymous narrative.
c. Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child.
d. Written by Jacob's son.
Answer- Fiction written by Lydia Maria Child.
Que- In Chapter XV of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, where did Linda hide ?
a. Under the floorboards.
b. With a friend.
c. In the stables.
d. In a remote cabin.
Answer- With a friend.
Que- In the United States, Reconstruction_______________?
a. Is the time period that followed the Civil War.
b. Describes the rebuilding after World War I.
c. Refers to the Civil Rights movement.
d. Took place only in the North.
Answer- Is the time period that followed the Civil War.
Que- During the early 20th century, a black person's purpose in passing might have been_________________?
a. To obtain justice for black people.
b. To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre.
c. To escape from slavery.
d. None of the above.
Answer- To get better accommodations on the train, better seats in the theatre.
Que- Richard Wright said he created the character of Bigger in Native Son because______________?
a. He had known many "Biggers" in his life.
b. He was trying to overcome his fears of powerful men.
c. He was proud of all the African American men he had seen stand up to Whites.
d. He wanted to show African American males how not to live.
Answer- He had known many "Biggers" in his life.
Que- Which of the following authors was not of mixed race heritage ?
a. Jean Toomer
b. Charles Chesnutt
c. Booker T. Washington
d. Frederick Douglass
Answer- Booker T. Washington
Que- Although different in tone, Soujourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" and David Walker's "Appeal in Four Articles" are similar in what way ?
a. Their belief in necessary violence.
b. Their belief that women should have equal rights.
c. Their appeals to Christians.
d. Their belief that African Americans should govern themselves.
Answer- Their appeals to Christians.