All MCQs for Competitive Exams

141

To which literary movement does H.D.’s poem 'Oread' belong, given its focus on concise imagery and direct treatment of the subject?

A

Vorticist poetry

B

Futurist poetry

C

Objectivist poetry

D

Imagist poetry

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142

Which of the following traits is NOT characteristic of the poet e. e. cummings?

A

Popularized the use of free verse

B

Ivy League educated

C

Publicly outgoing and confident

D

Active pacifist during both world wars

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143

In Jorge Luis Borges’ 'The Library of Babel,' which of the following is not a primary concern of the narrative?

A

It is obsessed with the descriptions of an endless and ultimately incomprehensible library.

B

The short work speaks of the daunting search for truth and knowledge.

C

Borges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is reason.

D

The library is analogous to the universe.

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144

Which of the following statements regarding the 'Avant-Garde Movement' is factually incorrect?

A

The term avant-garde itself means “advanced guard,” and the military role of the advanced guard and the role of the avantgarde art movement are much of the same.

B

The avant-garde, a military term meaning “advanced guard,” was founded in France in the mid-19th century.

C

Both A and B

D

The realist painter Gustave Courbet never considered himself a member of the avant-garde.

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145

How can the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural realms be interpreted in Ezra Pound's 'In a Station of the Metro'?

A

It seeks to diminish the distance between society and nature.

B

It evokes the beauty of a pastoral scene.

C

It plays with the relationship between the social, natural, and supernatural worlds.

D

It seeks to amplify the distance between society and nature.

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146

Which literary device is prominently utilized in the final two stanzas of Charles Baudelaire’s symbolist poem 'Correspondences'?

A

They describe the author’s experiences as a young child.

B

They ascribe colors and sounds to scents, relying on a device known as synesthesia.

C

They use metaphors with subtle political connotations.

D

They describe a scene in the countryside, which symbolizes the state of the author’s soul.

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147

How did W.H. Auden characterize the fundamental nature of poetry?

A

A dramatic display of linguistic creativity

B

A vulnerable expression of one's essence

C

An intellectual pursuit

D

A means of financial struggle

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148

In the 1930s, how were younger writers like W. H. Auden characterized in comparison to older modernists such as T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound?

A

popular; reverenced

B

anxious; haunting

C

radical; inventive

D

brash; confident

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149

How do the artistic movements of Futurism and Vorticism differ in their ideological perspectives?

A

Both movements embraced speed and dynamism, but Vorticists rejected celebrating technology and industrialization.

B

Futurism persisted for many years, while Vorticism was a brief movement.

C

Futurism had political leanings, while Vorticism remained politically neutral.

D

Vorticists celebrated technology and industrialization, while Futurists focused on cultural anxieties surrounding them.

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150

How does Claude McKay’s 1922 visit to Russia illustrate a core theme of Modernism?

A

The far-reaching consequences of World War I and the Russian Revolution.

B

The decline of traditional social hierarchies.

C

The struggle between individual freedom and collective control.

D

The fragmented, alienated self.

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