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61. Which of the following literary devices are present in Langston Hughess poem Ku Klux ?
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A. Allegory

B. Irony

C. Alliteration

D. Oxymoron

62. Which of the following statements best characterizes the central questions faced by poetry after the Holocaust ?
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A. Is there a relationship between poetry and rationality after the Holocaust?

B. Is there a meaningful relationship between World War I poetry and World War II poetry?

C. Is it possible for Romantic themes in poetry to be meaningful after the Holocaust?

D. The horror of the Holocaust was inexpressible; how can poetry speak of what is inexpressible?

63. Which of the following writers authored the poem Dulce et Decorum Est?
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A. Rudyard Kipling

B. Siegfried Sassoon

C. Rupert Brooke

D. Wilfred Owen

64. Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between Futurism and Vorticism ?
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A. Members of both movements were fascinated by speed and dynamism, but unlike the Futurists, Vorticists did not celebrate technology and industrialization.

B. Futurism was a politically-inclined movement, whereas Vorticism was free of all political entanglements.

C. Futurism lasted for several decades, whereas Vorticism was short-lived.

D. Vorticists celebrated technology and industrialization, whereas Futurists explored impending cultural challenges regarding technology and industrialization.

65. Professor Hammer argues that in Hart Cranes 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, Cranes refusal to repent is an assertion of which of the following ?
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A. His political views

B. His will to imaginative freedom

C. His will to sexual freedom

D. Both B and C

66. In analyzing T.S. Eliots The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Professor Hammer argues that Eliot creates something that might be called which of the following ?
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A. A meditation on contradictions

B. Implicit dialogue with the future

C. Overheard inner speech

D. Objective correlative

67. Professor Hammer argues that which of the following statements is true of Ezra Pounds strong emphasis on poetic technique ?
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A. It serves to effectively depersonalize Pounds poems.

B. It serves the greater aim of conveying both intensity and immediacy in Pounds poetry.

C. It is a paradoxical mixture of personal and impersonal elements.

D. It is a means of creating a dialogue between modernity and tradition.

68. What is the central theme of Keith Douglass How to Kill ?
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A. It is honorable and just to defend your country in a war.

B. There is a right and a wrong way to throw a hand grenade.

C. Combat detaches a man from humanity.

D. All is fair in love and war.

69. Which of the following best describes theidea of the symbol among French Symbolist poets ?
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A. A symbol is an image that conveys powerful emotional states.

B. A symbol is a description of past realities.

C. A symbol is a metaphor that allows the poet to capture complex social realities.

D. A symbol is an emblem of the actual world endowed with supernatural meanings.

70. Complete the following sentence. Professor Hammer argues that Ezra Pounds interest in fascism and his anti-Semitic views were likely an outcome of his______________?
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A. endorsement of Marxism.

B. interest in ancient Rome.

C. interest in Fouriers utopian socialist thought.

D. anti-capitalism.

71. In his essay The Symbolism of Poetry, William Butler Yeats argues that which of the following is the purpose of rhythm ?
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A. To amplify and clarify the indistinct emotions created by metaphorical symbols

B. To counteract the forces of dispersal inherent in metaphorical language

C. To prolong the moment of contemplation

D. To make poetry new

72. Which of the following statements best expresses the difference between how visual images functioned in World War I poetry and Imagist poetry ?
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A. The Imagists relied on visual images to achieve clarity of expression, whereas World War I poets relied on visual images to subtly punctuate their often desperate political messages.

B. WorldWar I poets valued clarity of expression through visual images, whereas Imagists relied on complex expression through emotional visual images.

C. The Imagists valued brevity, which could be achieved with precise visual images, whereasWorldWar I poets preferred declamatory statements in their poems.

D. There were no significant differences in the functioning of visual images in these two types of poetry.

73. Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughess poem The Negro Speaks of Rivers ?
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A. It is a meditation on the communal and historical aspects of individual identity.

B. It is a meditation on the alienation of the modern person from nature.

C. It is a meditation on the poets personal experience of assimilation.

D. It is a meditation on the cultural isolation of African Americans in New England.

74. Violet Cristoforo was honored for collecting what kind of poetry in her anthology May Sky ?
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A. Love sonnets from the Nazi death camps

B. Jewish dissident poetry from the gulags in Siberia

C. Haiku poetry from the Japanese internment camps in the US

D. American G.I. poetry from German prisoner of war camps

75. Which of the following statements best characterizes the difference between World War II poetry and Futurist poetry ?
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A. The Futurists praised speed, whereas World War II poets often evoked images of nature to describe the human condition.

B. The Futurists privileged the part over the whole, whereas World War II poets did not deal with the problem of modernity and alienation.

C. The Futurists focused on advancements in technology and industry, whereas World War II poets ignored advancements in technology, especially in modern warfare.

D. The Futurists apotheosized technology, whereas World War II poets often focused on technologys destructive powers.

76. Which of the following descriptors does NOT apply to the features of French Symbolist poetry that influenced other modernist poetry ?
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A. French Symbolist poetry is full of exaggerated metaphors.

B. French Symbolist poetry is formally experimental.

C. French Symbolist poetry is shocking.

D. French Symbolist poetry has narrative clarity.

77. Why was World War II a defining event in the history of the 20th century ?
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A. It was followed by the Cold War, which affected international politics throughout the world.

B. It brought unprecedented destruction and loss of life, thereby putting into question the entirecultural and political legacy of Western civilization.

C. All of these answers

D. It was followed by Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and by the entrenchment of the Soviet totalitarian system of rule.

78. Which of the following best characterizes T.S. Eliots concept of the objective correlative ?
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A. The objective correlative refers to a set of objects, situations, or events which necessarily produce a particular emotion.

B. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poems theme and its objective historical context.

C. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poems formal structure and its meaning.

D. The objective correlative refers to the correlation between the poems formal structure and its rhetorical aim.

79. Which of the following natural forces speaks in the culminating passage of T.S. Eliots The Waste Land ?
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A. Rapids

B. The west wind

C. An avalanche

D. Thunder

80. Which of the following statements accurately characterizes Marianne Moores poem A Grave ?
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A. It juxtaposes human consciousness against the sea.

B. It uses alliteration and iambic pentameter.

C. It has a subtle formal structure, even though it does not use rhyme.

D. Both A and C

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