English Literature Mcqs — Test 18
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Question 1
Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?
Question 2
Which of the following political themes was explored by American Objectivist poets ?
Question 3
Which of the following poets would most likely be categorized as a late-Victorian poet ?
Question 4
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 ?
Question 5
Which of the following was an important influence on Charles Reznikoff’s shift away from romantic rhetoric ?
Question 6
Which of the following poets did NOTwrite about his experiences in World War II ?
Question 7
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 ?
Question 8
What is the principal subject of Marianne Moore’s poem “An Octopus” ?
Question 9
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Georgian poetry and English World War I poetry ?
Question 10
Which of the following does Professor Hammer identify as one of the most important goals of Imagist poetry ?