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WorksheetsTEST - 23 - The Waste Land, God's Grandeur, Byzantium
Total questions: 140
Worksheet time: 2hrs 20mins
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1.
In Byzantium, the line “The unpurged images of day recede” suggests:
a)
The cleansing of the soul from worldly visions
b)
A literal sunset
c)
The decline of Byzantine art
d)
Political corruption fading away
2.
The phrase “A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains” in Byzantium is an example of:
a)
Personification
b)
Hyperbole
c)
Alliteration
d)
Metaphor
3.
In Byzantium, “phantasmagoria” most nearly means:
a)
A series of real-life memories
b)
A shifting sequence of dreamlike images
c)
A religious ritual
d)
A political uprising
4.
In Byzantium, the “emperor’s palace” primarily symbolizes:
a)
Political power of Byzantium
b)
The eternal realm of art and spirit
c)
Historical warfare
d)
Decay of empires
5.
Assertion (A): In Byzantium, Yeats uses the city as a metaphor for the afterlife. Reason (R): Byzantium represents a physical pilgrimage site in modern Greece.
a)
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b)
Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
c)
A is true, R is false.
d)
A is false, R is true.
6.
Byzantium was published in:
a)
1927
b)
1929
c)
1930
d)
1933
7.
In Byzantium, the phrase “A mouth that has no moisture and no breath” refers to:
a)
A corpse
b)
A spiritual image carved in metal
c)
The lifelessness of art
d)
All of the above
8.
The imagery in “complexities of mire or blood” in Byzantium is an example of:
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Symbolism
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Enjambment
9.
In Byzantium, “mire” most likely means:
a)
Mud or filth
b)
Bloodshed
c)
Confusion
d)
All of the above
10.
In Byzantium, the golden bird symbolizes:
a)
Political peace
b)
The perfection of art over nature
c)
The fragility of life
d)
Religious conversion
11.
The line “Astraddle on the dolphin’s mire and blood” in Byzantium most likely suggests:
a)
Mythical vitality and mortal struggle
b)
Christian baptism
c)
Naval warfare
d)
Artistic failure
12.
The use of “dolphin” in Byzantium as a symbol of guidance to the afterlife is an example of:
a)
Allegory
b)
Apostrophe
c)
Archetype
d)
Parable
13.
In Byzantium, “gong” in the phrase “That gong-tormented sea” refers to:
a)
Church bells
b)
The crashing noise of waves
c)
Naval war alarms
d)
A religious instrument
14.
The spirits in Byzantium are depicted as:
a)
Restless souls seeking purification
b)
Byzantine warriors
c)
Greek philosophers
d)
Sea voyagers
15.
Assertion (A): Byzantium contrasts mortal life with immortal art. Reason (R): Yeats believed that art decays faster than life.
a)
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b)
Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
c)
A is true, R is false.
d)
A is false, R is true.
16.
The poem Byzantium serves as a sequel to which earlier Yeats poem?
a)
Sailing to Byzantium
b)
The Second Coming
c)
Leda and the Swan
d)
Easter 1916
17.
The line “Where blood-begotten spirits come and go” in Byzantium signifies:
a)
The cycle of mortal life and death
b)
Political refugees in Byzantium
c)
The return of artists to the city
d)
None of the above
18.
The phrase “flames begotten of flame” in Byzantium is an example of:
a)
Polyptoton
b)
Repetition
c)
Paradox
d)
Symbolism
19.
In Byzantium, “spume” refers to:
a)
Sea foam
b)
Spirit breath
c)
War smoke
d)
Temple incense
20.
The “smithies” in Byzantium metaphorically represent:
a)
Blacksmiths forging weapons
b)
Divine craftsmanship shaping immortal art
c)
Byzantine laborers
d)
Politicians of Byzantium
21.
In Byzantium, “The murmur of the mass” is best understood as:
a)
Ocean waves
b)
Communal religious chanting
c)
Political assemblies
d)
Market gatherings
22.
Assertion (A): In Byzantium, the sea represents the transition between mortal life and the eternal realm. Reason (R): The sea is a place of chaos and unpredictability in Yeats’s symbolic world.
a)
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b)
Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
c)
A is true, R is false.
d)
A is false, R is true.
23.
Which movement most influenced Byzantium?
a)
Romanticism
b)
Modernism
c)
Symbolism
d)
Imagism
24.
The line “Death and life were not till man made up the whole” in Byzantium implies:
a)
The subjective nature of existence
b)
A literal creation myth
c)
Political unity in Byzantium
d)
The decay of religion
25.
The shift from physical to metaphysical imagery in Byzantium is an example of:
a)
Modulation
b)
Symbolic progression
c)
Volta
d)
Metaphysical conceit
26.
In Byzantium, “empyrean” means:
a)
Of the highest heaven
b)
Of the deep sea
c)
Ancient and ruined
d)
Mythical and unreal
27.
In Byzantium, dolphins function as:
a)
Sacred animals guiding the soul
b)
Symbols of Byzantine trade
c)
Playful representations of joy
d)
Political emblems
28.
The line “The drunken soldiery can leave the mother, murdered at her door” in Byzantium suggests:
a)
Historical violence in the city
b)
The corruption of mortal life
c)
Both A and B
d)
A mythological allegory
29.
Assertion (A): Byzantium explores the tension between the physical and the spiritual. Reason (R): The poem resolves this tension by rejecting the spiritual realm.
a)
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b)
Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
c)
A is true, R is false.
d)
A is false, R is true.
30.
Which historical empire is referred to in Byzantium?
a)
Ottoman Empire
b)
Byzantine Empire
c)
Roman Empire
d)
Greek Empire
31.
The line “Before me floats an image, man or shade” in Byzantium reflects:
a)
The speaker’s uncertainty between mortal and spiritual forms
b)
The political instability of Byzantium
c)
A ghostly apparition of a lost lover
d)
Artistic abstraction in sculpture
32.
The line “A starlit or a moonlit dome disdains” in Byzantium contains:
a)
Alliteration and personification
b)
Oxymoron and metaphor
c)
Apostrophe and symbolism
d)
Parallelism and euphemism
33.
In Byzantium, “smithies” refers to:
a)
Metalworking shops
b)
Religious sanctuaries
c)
Mythical forges of divine art
d)
War armories
34.
The “sage” in Byzantium represents:
a)
A historical philosopher
b)
The guiding force of wisdom in the spiritual realm
c)
A Byzantine general
d)
A Christian priest
35.
The line “Miracle, bird or golden handiwork” in Byzantium illustrates:
a)
The merging of natural and artificial beauty
b)
Religious miracles of Byzantium
c)
The fragility of mortal life
d)
The destruction of art
36.
Assertion (A): In Byzantium, gold is used as a recurring symbol of permanence. Reason (R): Yeats associates gold with eternal art and immortality.
a)
Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
b)
Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
c)
A is true, R is false.
d)
A is false, R is true.
37.
Yeats wrote Byzantium during which stage of his poetic career?
a)
Early Romantic phase
b)
Irish nationalist phase
c)
Later symbolic and mystical phase
d)
Modernist experimental phase
38.
The line “Those images that yet fresh images beget” in Byzantium conveys:
a)
The regenerative power of art
b)
The repetition of history
c)
Political propaganda
d)
Religious chanting
39.
The phrase “blood-begotten spirits” in Byzantium is an example of:
a)
Compound epithet
b)
Alliteration
c)
Metonymy
d)
Paradox
40.
The main theme of Byzantium can best be summarized as:
a)
The decline of the Byzantine Empire
b)
The spiritual transformation through art
c)
The political history of Greece
d)
The rebirth of ancient paganism
41.
In The Waste Land, which classical text is echoed in the line: April is the cruellest month, breeding / Lilacs out of the dead land?
a)
Virgil’s Aeneid
b)
Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales
c)
Dante’s Inferno
d)
Ovid’s Metamorphoses
42.
In The Waste Land, the line "I will show you fear in a handful of dust" refers to:
a)
Ecclesiastes 3:20
b)
Baudelaire’s Les Fleurs du Mal
c)
The Book of Common Prayer
d)
John Donne’s Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions
43.
Identify the speaker in The Waste Land section: You gave me hyacinths first a year ago; / They called me the hyacinth girl.
a)
The typist
b)
Madame Sosostris
c)
A female memory from the narrator's past
d)
Tiresias
44.
The Waste Land contains the line: Datta. Dayadhvam. Damyata. These are taken from:
a)
The Katha Upanishad
b)
The Bhagavad Gita
c)
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
d)
The Mandukya Upanishad
45.
In The Waste Land, the phrase “HURRY UP PLEASE IT’S TIME” is:
a)
A Biblical allusion
b)
A Tarot reference
c)
A phrase from pub closing time in London
d)
A war cry from World War I
46.
Identify the line from The Waste Land that reflects post-war disillusionment:
a)
“Sweet Thames, run softly till I end my song”
b)
“These fragments I have shored against my ruins”
c)
“Come in under the shadow of this red rock”
d)
“What the Thunder said”
47.
The line "Shantih shantih shantih" at the end of The Waste Land is best interpreted as:
a)
A Sanskrit funeral chant
b)
A call to action
c)
A chaotic conclusion
d)
A peace that passeth understanding
48.
The Waste Land’s section “The Fire Sermon” is titled after a sermon by:
a)
Lord Buddha
b)
Jesus Christ
c)
Saint Augustine
d)
Prophet Ezekiel
49.
Which The Waste Land line is influenced by Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde?
a)
“Summer surprised us, coming over the Starnbergersee”
b)
“Frisch weht der Wind / Der Heimat zu”
c)
“A heap of broken images”
d)
“Son of man, you cannot say or guess”
50.
“I Tiresias, though blind, throbbing between two lives” is an example of:
a)
Allegory
b)
Mythical allusion
c)
Symbolism
d)
Dramatic irony
51.
The Waste Land refers to the drowned Phoenician Sailor. What is his symbolic function?
a)
A symbol of war’s devastation
b)
A motif of resurrection and decay
c)
A Biblical prophet
d)
A colonial reference
52.
What is the significance of "London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down" in The Waste Land?
a)
Collapse of religious belief
b)
Collapse of Western civilization
c)
Children’s innocence
d)
Economic downfall
53.
The Waste Land refers to Stetson. Where is the name derived from?
a)
A modern soldier
b)
A character in Baudelaire
c)
A symbolic figure of capitalism
d)
A friend of Eliot
54.
“A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, / I had not thought death had undone so many.” echoes which text?
a)
Shakespeare’s Hamlet
b)
Dante’s Inferno
c)
The Book of Revelation
d)
Homer’s Iliad
55.
Which line from The Waste Land exhibits Eliot's use of dramatic monologue?
a)
“Unreal City”
b)
“My nerves are bad tonight. Yes, bad. Stay with me.”
c)
“Only / There is shadow under this red rock”
d)
“Burning burning burning burning”
56.
The recurring use of “Unreal City” is an example of:
a)
Synecdoche
b)
Refrain
c)
Metonymy
d)
Allusion
57.
What literary device is used in: “A heap of broken images”?
a)
Chiasmus
b)
Oxymoron
c)
Imagery
d)
Metaphor
58.
The overlapping voices and literary sources in The Waste Land create:
a)
Monologue
b)
Palimpsest
c)
Satire
d)
Sonnet structure
59.
The use of multiple languages in The Waste Land is called:
a)
Macaronic language
b)
Polyglot technique
c)
Intertextualism
d)
Diglossia
60.
“What the Thunder Said” employs the use of:
a)
Ekphrasis
b)
Symbolism
c)
Stream of consciousness
d)
Hyperbole
61.
What does “Datta” mean in the context of The Waste Land?
a)
Speak
b)
Surrender
c)
Give
d)
Die
62.
“Damyata” from The Waste Land means:
a)
Control
b)
Forgive
c)
Forget
d)
Despair
63.
"Carbuncular" as used in The Waste Land refers to:
a)
A kind-hearted person
b)
A red, swollen sore
c)
A symbolic jewel
d)
A church official
64.
“Jug jug to dirty ears” refers to:
a)
Sexual innuendo
b)
Musical rhythm
c)
Nature’s call
d)
War chant
65.
“Lilacs out of the dead land” symbolizes:
a)
Immortality
b)
Fertility and decay
c)
Christian sacrifice
d)
A mythical journey
66.
Who is Madame Sosostris in The Waste Land?
a)
A pub landlady
b)
A clairvoyant tarot reader
c)
A symbol of war
d)
Eliot’s muse
67.
Assertion (A): The Waste Land is a fragmented poem. Reason (R): Eliot uses collage and intertextuality to reflect modern disorientation.
a)
Both A and R are true; R explains A
b)
Both A and R are true; R does not explain A
c)
A is true, R is false
d)
A is false, R is true
68.
The typist and the clerk’s episode is narrated by:
a)
Eliot
b)
Tiresias
c)
The hyacinth girl
d)
Madame Sosostris
69.
Assertion (A): The Waste Land uses the mythic method. Reason (R): Eliot aligns the poem’s narrative with Grail quest legends and fertility myths.
a)
Both A and R are true; R explains A
b)
Both A and R are true; R does not explain A
c)
A is true, R is false
d)
A is false, R is true
70.
Who is Stetson in The Waste Land?
a)
A friend of the speaker
b)
A war veteran
c)
A character from Baudelaire
d)
A sailor
71.
The merchant Mr. Eugenides is described as:
a)
A Syrian trader
b)
A banker
c)
A soldier
d)
A doctor
72.
Who is “Phlebas the Phoenician”?
a)
A seer
b)
A drowned sailor
c)
A war hero
d)
A banker
73.
Assertion (A): Tiresias is a central character in The Waste Land. Reason (R): Tiresias sees past, present, and future; thus, he unifies multiple episodes.
a)
Both A and R are true; R explains A
b)
Both A and R are true; R does not explain A
c)
A is true, R is false
d)
A is false, R is true
74.
The Waste Land was published in:
a)
1921
b)
1922
c)
1925
d)
1919
75.
Assertion (A): The Waste Land is an epic poem. Reason (R): It contains elevated language and heroic deeds.
a)
A is true, R is false
b)
A is false, R is true
c)
Both A and R are false
d)
Both A and R are true
76.
The original title of The Waste Land was:
a)
What the Thunder Said
b)
He Do the Police in Different Voices
c)
The Burial of the Dead
d)
The Hollow Men
77.
Who edited The Waste Land before publication?
a)
Ezra Pound
b)
Virginia Woolf
c)
Bertrand Russell
d)
James Joyce
78.
Assertion (A): Eliot critiques the moral decay of society in The Waste Land. Reason (R): The poem reflects the energetic optimism of post-WWI Europe.
a)
A is true, R is false
b)
A is false, R is true
c)
Both A and R are true
d)
Both A and R are false
79.
What magazine first published The Waste Land?
a)
The Criterion
b)
The Egoist
c)
The Dial
d)
Blast
80.
The Waste Land is dedicated to:
a)
Ezra Pound
b)
Jean Verdenal
c)
Vivienne Eliot
d)
Bertrand Russell
81.
In God’s Grandeur, what natural image follows the line: It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;?
a)
Glowing lava from a fissure
b)
Sparkling mica from stone
c)
Light reflecting off metal
d)
Lightning in the sky
82.
What is meant by “Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;” in God’s Grandeur?
a)
Emphasis on ancestral worship
b)
Repetition to mimic industrial monotony
c)
Biblical repetition
d)
Circular time concept
83.
God’s Grandeur describes human damage to the world using which phrase?
a)
“The soil is scorched with sin”
b)
“The world is seared with trade”
c)
“And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil”
d)
“Man’s dominion has ruined nature”
84.
What does “Nor can foot feel, being shod” signify in God’s Grandeur?
a)
The numbness caused by war
b)
Humans’ disconnection from nature
c)
A reference to penance
d)
Industrial footwear symbolism
85.
What follows the darkness in the line: There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; in God’s Grandeur?
a)
Hope of renewal
b)
Eternal damnation
c)
Pollution's defeat
d)
Christ’s resurrection
86.
In God’s Grandeur, the poet uses what image for the Holy Spirit?
a)
Fire descending
b)
Dove resting on water
c)
Brooding bird with warm breast
d)
Fiery chariot in the air
87.
The word “charged” in “The world is charged with the grandeur of God” best means:
a)
Electrified or infused
b)
Accused of guilt
c)
Taxed or burdened
d)
Chosen for grace
88.
Hopkins’s phrase “Because the Holy Ghost over the bent / World broods” echoes:
a)
Genesis 1:2
b)
Book of Revelation
c)
Psalms 23
d)
The Beatitudes
89.
In God’s Grandeur, what contrast is made in the final couplet?
a)
Man vs. machine
b)
Nature’s wear vs. divine freshness
c)
Christian vs. pagan
d)
Earthly fire vs. eternal fire
90.
“Why do men then now not reck his rod?” suggests:
a)
Man’s ignorance of God’s punishment and power
b)
The loss of royalty
c)
A shepherd’s rod gone missing
d)
God's compassion misunderstood
91.
What happens in the first quatrain of God’s Grandeur?
a)
Introduction of God’s omnipresence
b)
Nature's resilience
c)
Description of human industrial damage
d)
Presentation of religious consolation
92.
Which lines imply the restorative power of nature in God’s Grandeur?
a)
“The soil is ruined and never recovers”
b)
“There lives the dearest freshness deep down things”
c)
“The air is dull, and sky grey”
d)
“Toil drains the world of beauty”
93.
In God’s Grandeur, what poetic meter is primarily used?
a)
Iambic pentameter
b)
Dactylic hexameter
c)
Sprung rhythm
d)
Spondaic trimeter
94.
Hopkins uses which poetic structure in God’s Grandeur?
a)
Petrarchan Sonnet
b)
Shakespearean Sonnet
c)
Terza Rima
d)
Blank Verse
95.
The word “smeared” in the context “bleared, smeared with toil” connotes:
a)
Sacred anointment
b)
Dirtying through physical labor
c)
Illumination
d)
Ancient wisdom
96.
The phrase “shining from shook foil” is an example of:
a)
Simile
b)
Metaphor
c)
Alliteration
d)
Apostrophe
97.
The line “bleared, smeared with toil” uses which device?
a)
Chiasmus
b)
Enjambment
c)
Paradox
d)
Consonance
98.
The poem’s reference to human numbness in “Nor can foot feel” is an instance of:
a)
Oxymoron
b)
Imagery
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Metonymy
99.
Hopkins’s structuring of God’s Grandeur with an octave and sestet shows:
a)
Ode form
b)
Free verse
c)
Sonnet form
d)
Elegiac couplets
100.
The closing image of the Holy Ghost brooding employs:
a)
Personification
b)
Zoomorphism
c)
Synecdoche
d)
Apostrophe
101.
In God’s Grandeur, “reck” most closely means:
a)
To glorify
b)
To fear or heed
c)
To measure
d)
To hide
102.
“Seared” in the phrase “all is seared with trade” implies:
a)
Branded or burned
b)
Ploughed
c)
Anointed
d)
Decorated
103.
“Bleared” most accurately means:
a)
To shine dimly
b)
To smear or make dim
c)
To clarify
d)
To water
104.
“Shod” in “Nor can foot feel, being shod” implies:
a)
Clothed
b)
Covered with shoes
c)
Masked
d)
Scarred
105.
“Broods” in “Holy Ghost broods” best implies:
a)
Watches angrily
b)
Hovers protectively
c)
Represses emotion
d)
Waits patiently
106.
The “rod” in God’s Grandeur symbolizes:
a)
Christ’s resurrection
b)
God’s authority and judgment
c)
Nature’s bounty
d)
Human power
107.
What figure is indirectly compared to a mother bird in God’s Grandeur?
a)
Nature
b)
The Holy Ghost
c)
Christ
d)
Mary
108.
Who are the implicit characters in God’s Grandeur?
a)
Angels and prophets
b)
Industrial workers
c)
Mankind and God
d)
Poets and saints
109.
The poem’s imagery of darkness lifting points to:
a)
Historical renewal
b)
Moral uncertainty
c)
Divine illumination
d)
Secular awakening
110.
The final six lines portray the earth as:
a)
Condemned
b)
Decomposed
c)
Restorable
d)
Beyond salvation
111.
ertion (A): In God’s Grandeur, Gerard Manley Hopkins uses sprung rhythm to energize the poem. Reason (R): The poem’s rhythm is irregular and mimics natural speech.
a)
Both A and R are true, and R explains A
b)
Both A and R are true, but R doesn’t explain A
c)
A is true, R is false
d)
A is false, R is true
112.
ertion (A): Hopkins criticizes the effects of industrialization in God’s Grandeur. Reason (R): The poem praises man’s advancements in technology.
a)
A is true, R is false
b)
A is false, R is true
c)
Both A and R are true
d)
Both A and R are false
113.
ertion (A): God’s Grandeur ends on a pessimistic note. Reason (R): The closing images suggest total decay of nature.
a)
Both A and R are true
b)
A is true, R is false
c)
A is false, R is true
d)
Both A and R are false
114.
ertion (A): Hopkins uses the sonnet form in God’s Grandeur. Reason (R): The poem contains 14 lines with an octave-sestet division.
a)
Both A and R are true, and R explains A
b)
Both A and R are true, but R does not explain A
c)
A is true, R is false
d)
A is false, R is true
115.
ertion (A): The line “There lives the dearest freshness deep down things” suggests renewal. Reason (R): Hopkins believed nature was doomed permanently.
a)
A is true, R is false
b)
A is false, R is true
c)
Both A and R are true
d)
Both A and R are false
116.
God’s Grandeur was written in:
a)
1877
b)
1881
c)
1884
d)
1872
117.
God’s Grandeur was first published posthumously in:
a)
1889
b)
1914
c)
1918
d)
1910
118.
What movement does God’s Grandeur primarily reflect?
a)
Enlightenment
b)
Aestheticism
c)
Victorian religious revival
d)
Modernism
119.
Hopkins’s religious denomination influenced God’s Grandeur. What was it?
a)
Anglican
b)
Catholic Jesuit
c)
Protestant Reformer
d)
Puritan
120.
The central theme of God’s Grandeur is:
a)
The struggle between fate and free will
b)
Nature’s decay and God’s restoring power
c)
The chaos of urban life
d)
Human relationships
121.
What are the correct lifespan years of G.M. Hopkins?
a)
1840–1899
b)
1844–1889
c)
1842–1890
d)
1850–1884
122.
The poetic concept of “inscape” as used by Hopkins refers to:
a)
The outer natural landscape
b)
The essence and uniqueness of an object
c)
A religious vision
d)
A metaphor for imagination
123.
The line “Glory be to God for dappled things” is from which poem?
a)
Pied Beauty
b)
The Windhover
c)
God’s Grandeur
d)
Spring and Fall
124.
What is the poetic form most associated with Hopkins?
a)
Alexandrine
b)
Sonnet with Volta
c)
Sprung rhythm
d)
Free verse
125.
“And for all this, nature is never spent” appears in:
a)
The Windhover
b)
Spring
c)
God’s Grandeur
d)
Carrion Comfort
126.
Which critic called Hopkins a “Victorian poet ahead of his time”?
a)
T.S. Eliot
b)
F.R. Leavis
c)
I.A. Richards
d)
Harold Bloom
127.
The line “No worst, there is none. Pitched past pitch of grief” is an example of:
a)
Enjambment
b)
Caesura
c)
Paradox
d)
Extreme emotional despair (dark sonnets)
128.
Hopkins’s poetry was published posthumously by:
a)
Matthew Arnold
b)
Robert Bridges
c)
Tennyson
d)
John Ruskin
129.
In The Windhover, the falcon is a symbol of:
a)
Divine grace and majesty
b)
Temporal power
c)
The soul's decay
d)
Natural chaos
130.
“Margaret, are you grieving / Over Goldengrove unleaving?” are opening lines from:
a)
Carrion Comfort
b)
Spring and Fall
c)
The Caged Skylark
d)
The Wreck of the Deutschland
131.
What are the correct lifespan years of T.S. Eliot?
a)
1888–1965
b)
1880–1959
c)
1890–1964
d)
1899–1970
132.
“April is the cruellest month” is the opening line of:
a)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
b)
The Waste Land
c)
Four Quartets
d)
Ash-Wednesday
133.
Which poem by Eliot ends with the lines “This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper”?
a)
Ash-Wednesday
b)
The Waste Land
c)
The Hollow Men
d)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
134.
Which literary device is predominantly used in The Waste Land through references like “Shantih shantih shantih” and “Madame Sosostris”?
a)
Stream of consciousness
b)
Allusion
c)
Irony
d)
Imagery
135.
“Let us go then, you and I / When the evening is spread out against the sky” is from:
a)
The Hollow Men
b)
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
c)
Ash-Wednesday
d)
Four Quartets
136.
Which critic praised Eliot’s use of the “objective correlative” in his essay Hamlet and His Problems?
a)
F.R. Leavis
b)
I.A. Richards
c)
T.S. Eliot himself
d)
Harold Bloom
137.
T.S. Eliot received the Nobel Prize for Literature in:
a)
1945
b)
1948
c)
1951
d)
1955
138.
The phrase “The Unreal City” in The Waste Land refers primarily to:
a)
Post-war London
b)
Paris
c)
New York
d)
Rome
139.
Eliot’s Four Quartets is divided into which four poems?
a)
Fire, Water, Earth, Air
b)
East Coker, Burnt Norton, The Hollow Men, The Fire Sermon
c)
Burnt Norton, East Coker, The Dry Salvages, Little Gidding
d)
The Waste Land, The Hollow Men, Prufrock, Ash-Wednesday
140.
Which concept did Eliot famously apply in literary criticism referring to poetic impersonality?
a)
Metaphysical detachment
b)
Negative capability
c)
Depersonalization of the poet
d)
Ironic distance
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