Which author writes a profound criticism of Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness,” accusing Conrad of reinforcing typical European stereotypes of Africa ?

A. Chinua achebe
B. Edward said
C. Arundhati roy
D. Salman rushdie

Jazz music is described by which of the following characteristics ?

A. A way of questioning victorian moral conceptions
B. A musical invention of the modern age that allows for experimentation of form
C. An example of subjective artistic expression
D. All of the above

According to Theodor Adorno’s and Max Horkheimer’s “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception,” which of the following is true of the culture industry ?

A. The culture industry is classified by ruthless uniformity of all ideas.
B. The culture industry is the chief method by which technology brings true democracy to all.
C. The culture industry is a fundamental way to promote individuality.
D. The culture industry is chiefly intended to offer consumers the opportunity to classify wants and desires as well as corresponding production.

Which of the following is true of Arthur Rimbaud’s poem “Eternity” ?

A. It ends with the lines: “eternity./it is the sea run off/ with the sun.”
B. It suggests that the quest for knowledge and enlightenment is deeply satisfying.
C. The poem speaks of the necessity of seeking human approval and communal acceptance.
D. It begins with the lines: “i kissed the dawn of summer.”

As a result of the outbreak of World War I and anti-German sentiment which important British public figure had to adopt the family name of Windsor ?

A. The suffragette emmeline pankhust
B. King george v
C. King edward vii
D. King james ii

Surrealism became an official aesthetic movement of the modern period with the publication of which work ?

A. Andre breton’s “surrealist manifesto”
B. James joyce’s “ulysses”
C. Ernest hemingway’s “the sun also rises”
D. T.s. eliot’s “the wasteland”

Which of the following statements best describes the “British East India Company ?”

A. The british east india company was originally a group of london businessmen engaged in importing spices from south asia.
B. The british east india company first entered south asia as importers of british tea.
C. The british east india company was essentially a covert british army.
D. Both a and b

Which of the following was one of the major health consequences for soldiers who survived the traumas of trench warfare in World War One ?

A. Lyme disease
B. Staph infections
C. Shell shock
D. A and c only

Which of the following descriptions of the “Avant-Garde Movement” is false ?

A. The avant-garde, a military term meaning “advanced guard,” was founded in france in the mid-19th century.
B. 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.
C. The realist painter gustave courbet never considered himself a member of the avant-garde.
D. Both a and b

According to Dr. Dino Felluga’s “General Introduction to Postmodernism,” what is the meaning of the term “simulacra” ?

A. “something that replaces reality with its representation”
B. “a stable referent to a knowable original cultural artifact”
C. “an exact imitation of the material world”
D. “a basic affirmation of everyday reality”