WorksheetsModernism Time Period Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What time period was the modernism era?
1900-1945
1920-1950
1900-1920
1930-1945
Modernist literature was primarily focused on science, philosophy, art, and the human experience?
True
False
What year Ezra Pound born?
1889
1890
1885
1888
What are 2 characteristics of Modernist literature
Individualism
Collectivism
Formal verse poetry
Multiple perspectives
Modernist works often contain linear narratives.
True
False
What are 2 more characteristics of modernist literature
determinism
Literary devices
Free verse poetry
scientific detachment
Who wrote "The Great Gatsby".
Ezra pound
T.S. Eliot
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Sinclair Lewis
Modernist literature was a prevalent trend after world war 2
True
False
Postmodernism rejects the idea of absolute truth and focuses on subjective beliefs rather than science.
True
False
Where was Ezra Pound born?
Idaho
Italy
California
Ohio
Modernist literature normally had narratives
(a)
What is a Stream of consciousness?
(a)
Who wrote " A Farewell to Arms"
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot
Ernest Hemingway
Ezra pound
Who popularized the term "Jazz age"?
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot
Ernest Hemingway
Ezra pound
Who wrote In a Station of the Metro
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot
Ernest Hemingway
Ezra pound
American modernist literature was a prevalent trend between world war 1 and world war 2.
True
False
Who was the First American writer to win the Nobel prize in literature.
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot
Ernest Hemingway
Ezra pound
Where was T.S. Eliot born?
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
Missouri
Who wrote Dodsworth?
Sinclair Lewis
F. Scott Fitzgerald
T.S. Eliot
Ernest Hemingway
Ezra pound
Where was Ernest Hemingway born?
Illinois
Wisconsin
California
Missouri
