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MCQs: According to Professor Hammer, which of the following is the central question explored by T.S. Eliot in “The Waste Land” ?
Is authentic poetry possible in the aftermath of the carnage of World War I?
Given the diversity of the world’s poetic traditions, can there be a universal language of poetic symbolism?
How can a shared world be created out of the fundamentally different and private experiences of individual people?
Given that each person experiences trauma differently, is it possible for all to understand the modern world as a shared “waste land”?
MCQs 1: Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?
It is a meditation on the alienation of the modern person from nature.
It is a meditation on the cultural isolation of African Americans in New England.
It is a meditation on the communal and historical aspects of individual identity.
It is a meditation on the poet’s personal experience of assimilation.
MCQs 2: Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?
Hughes uses a universal speaker for an exploration of a profound racial divide between blacks and whites.
The poem is an analytical exploration of racial differences in the United States.
Similar to Hart Crane and Whitman, Hughes uses a personal and universal “I” to address issues of history, race, and identity.
The poem is an indictment of racial prejudice in Harlem.
MCQs 3: Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a late-Victorian poet ?
MCQs 4: Which of the following political themes was explored by American Objectivist poets ?
Slavery
American attitudes toward Jews and Israel
Capitalism and social inequalities
All of these answers
MCQs 5: Which of the following poets did NOTwrite about his experiences in World War II ?
MCQs 6: Which of the following was an important influence on Charles Reznikoff’s shift away from romantic rhetoric ?
MCQs 7: Professor Hammer argues that in Hart Crane’s poem “Legend,” Crane introduces himself to his readers. The poem opens with the lines: “As silent as a mirror is believed/ Realities plunge in silence by …/I am not ready for repentance;” according to Professor Hammer, Crane’s refusal to repent is an assertion of which of the following ?
MCQs 8: What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore’s poem “An Octopus” ?
MCQs 9: Ezra Pound’s “Canto I” opens with the following lines: “And then went down to the ship,/Set keel to breakers, forth on the godly sea, and(…).” Which of the following statements best characterizes these lines and the poem as a whole ?
These lines set an impersonal tone which dominates the entire poem.
These lines establish a rhythmical pattern, which is followed strictly throughout the poem.
These lines are the only impersonal lines in the poem, the rest of which is primarily focused on the complexity of human emotions.
These lines establish a personal tone, focusing on a lyrical perspective similar to late-Victorian era poetry.
MCQs 10: What are some of the surface similarities between Robert Frost’s poem “Out, Out” and John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Telling the Bees” ?
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