Which of the following literary devices are present in Langston Hughes’s poem “Ku Klux” ?

A. Irony
B. Allegory
C. Oxymoron
D. Alliteration

Which of the following best describes the types of imagery used in Louis Zukofsky’s poem, “A: Seventh Movement: There Are Different Techniques” ?

A. Historic and contemporary imagery
B. Kabalistic imagery
C. Nationalist imagery
D. Everyday imagery

According to W.E.B. Dubois in his Atlantic Monthly essay, “The Strivings of the Negro People,” what are some of the personal consequences for an African- American living in a racist society at the beginning of the 20th century ?

A. Feeling like an outcast in your own house
B. Becoming a stuttering sycophant just to survive
C. Wrapping yourself in the armor of anger and resentment
D. All of the above

Which of the following best describes the reasons why World War I had a profound impact on modern poetry ?

A. The devastation wrought by world war i was so enormous that it put europe’s cultural and political norms and values into question.
B. The mechanized killing, which took place on a massive scale during world war i, made it necessary to reflect about the effects of technological progress.
C. World war i was the first global conflict where the distinction between combatants and civilians was erased, and this had a devastating effect on the european psyche.
D. Both a and b

Violet Cristoforo was honored for collecting what kind of poetry in her anthology “May Sky” ?

A. Love sonnets from the nazi death camps
B. American g.i. poetry from german prisoner of war camps
C. Jewish dissident poetry from the gulags in siberia
D. Haiku poetry from the japanese internment camps in the us

In his essay “The Symbolism of Poetry,” William Butler Yeats argues that which of the following is the purpose of rhythm ?

A. To “amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical symbols”
B. To “prolong the moment of contemplation”
C. To “counteract the forces of dispersal inherent in metaphorical language”
D. To “make poetry new”

Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust ?

A. Is it possible for romantic themes in poetry to be meaningful after the holocaust?
B. The horror of the holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?
C. Is there a relationship between poetry and rationality after the holocaust?
D. Is there a meaningful relationship between world war i poetry and world war ii poetry?

Langston Hughes was among the most important figures of the Harlem Renaissance. Which of the following is an accurate characterization of his experiences before he published his first book ?

A. He was a native new yorker who did not travel much but who was keenly aware of new york’s complexity and diversity.
B. He moved to new york from alabama and the stark contrast between these places deeply influenced his writing.
C. He was born in missouri and traveled extensively throughout the united states and the world before he moved to new york city.
D. He spent most of his life in washington, dc, moving to harlem only after he gained literary fame.

In his first lecture onWilliam Butler Yeats, Professor Hammer says that the young Yeats identified with King Goll. What does he mean by this ?

A. Yeats’s poetry was autobiographical, but he understood his life through the prism of myths and symbols; symbolism was therefore present in both yeats’s life and in his poetry.
B. Yeats believed that each person was an instance of a general cultural type or symbol.
C. The young yeats wished to emphasize his identity as an english poet and draw attention away from his irish heritage.
D. Both a and b

Which of the following events increased the appeal of communism among American intellectuals both black and white in the years between 1918 and 1939 ?

A. The great depression
B. Hitler’s invasion of poland in 1939
C. The russian civil war
D. World war i