An Introduction to American Modernism

What maxim by Ezra Pound do modernist authors adhere to?

• "Seize the day!"

• "Truth is beauty and nature."

• "Make it new."

• "You only live once."

Modernism focused on a break with (a)   styles of poetry, verse, and prose writings.

What war had a significant impact on modernism?

• World War II

• Civil War

• Vietnam War

• World War I

What type of truth did the modernists reject?

(a)  

Which of the following is NOT an early modernist author?

• T. S. Eliot

• F. Scott Fitzgerald

• Ernest Hemmingway

• Stephen Crane

Who was one of the famous late modernist authors?

• William Faulkner

• Herman Melville

• Edgar Allan Poe

• Jack London

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Modernist writers developed what type of narrator?

(a)  

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What was the effect of using a stream-of-conscious style of writing?

• Natural flow of thought

• Nonlinear structure

• Introspection into the mind of the character

• Reliable and omniscient narration

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Which term(s) is/are associated with the modernist movement?

• Imagism

• Harlem Renaissance

• The Freedom Fighters

• The Lost Generation

Which of the following pictures does NOT relate to the modernist time period in America?

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