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Modernism Time Period Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What time period was the modernism era?

a)

1900-1945

b)

1920-1950

c)

1900-1920

d)

1930-1945

2.

Modernist literature was primarily focused on science, philosophy, art, and the human experience?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

What year Ezra Pound born?

a)

1889

b)

1890

c)

1885

d)

1888

4.

What are 2 characteristics of Modernist literature

a)

Individualism

b)

Collectivism

c)

Formal verse poetry

d)

Multiple perspectives

5.

Modernist works often contain linear narratives.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

What are 2 more characteristics of modernist literature

a)

determinism

b)

Literary devices

c)

Free verse poetry

d)

scientific detachment

7.

Who wrote "The Great Gatsby".

a)

Ezra pound

b)

T.S. Eliot 

c)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

d)

Sinclair Lewis

8.

Modernist literature was a prevalent trend after world war 2

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Postmodernism rejects the idea of absolute truth and focuses on subjective beliefs rather than science.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Where was Ezra Pound born?

a)

Idaho

b)

Italy

c)

California

d)

Ohio

11.

Modernist literature normally had narratives

(a)  

12.

What is a Stream of consciousness?

(a)  

13.

Who wrote " A Farewell to Arms"

a)

Sinclair Lewis

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

T.S. Eliot 

d)

Ernest Hemingway

e)

Ezra pound

14.

Who popularized the term "Jazz age"?

a)

Sinclair Lewis

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

T.S. Eliot 

d)

Ernest Hemingway

e)

Ezra pound

15.

Who wrote In a Station of the Metro

a)

Sinclair Lewis

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

T.S. Eliot 

d)

Ernest Hemingway

e)

Ezra pound

16.

American modernist literature was a prevalent trend between world war 1 and world war 2.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Who was the First American writer to win the Nobel prize in literature.

a)

Sinclair Lewis

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

T.S. Eliot 

d)

Ernest Hemingway

e)

Ezra pound

18.

Where was T.S. Eliot born?

a)

Illinois

b)

Wisconsin

c)

California

d)

Missouri

19.

Who wrote Dodsworth?

a)

Sinclair Lewis

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

T.S. Eliot 

d)

Ernest Hemingway

e)

Ezra pound

20.

Where was Ernest Hemingway born?

a)

Illinois

b)

Wisconsin

c)

California

d)

Missouri