Modern Poetry and Poetics
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Question 16 [CLICK ON ANY COICE TO KNOW RIGHT ANSWER] |
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. |
Question 17 [CLICK ON ANY COICE TO KNOW RIGHT ANSWER] |
What is the central theme of Keith Douglas's "How to Kill"?
Combat detaches a man from humanity. | |
All is fair in love and war. | |
It is honorable and just to defend your country in a war. | |
There is a right and a wrong way to throw a hand grenade. |
Question 18 [CLICK ON ANY COICE TO KNOW RIGHT ANSWER] |
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. |
Question 19 [CLICK ON ANY COICE TO KNOW RIGHT ANSWER] |
Which of the following natural forces "speaks" in the culminating passage of T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land"?
An avalanche | |
Rapids | |
The west wind | |
Thunder |
Question 20 [CLICK ON ANY COICE TO KNOW RIGHT ANSWER] |
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"? |
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