Q AND A FULLY ANSWERED
Which of the following is NOT true of modernism? - (CORRECT ANSWER)It valued
realism and traditional meter.
By what name did the people who lived through World War I call it? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)The Great War
What does the use of the term "Great War" indicate about people's perceptions of
this war? - (CORRECT ANSWER)It represents the challenge in representing
something so new and awful.
Which of the following was NOT an opinion expressed by the poets in reaction to the
horrors of World War I? - (CORRECT ANSWER)Those who cheered the soldiers
going off to fight were doing the right thing.
Which of the following is NOT true of modernism? - (CORRECT ANSWER)It is a
clearly defined period in the development of literature.
What political idea did Orwell fight against in Spain? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)Fascism
What is the purpose of the following excerpt from George Orwell's essay "Politics
and the English Language"?
Here is a well-known verse from Ecclesiastes:
I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to
the
strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet
favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Here it is in modern English:
Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that
success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate
with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must
invariably be taken into account. - (CORRECT ANSWER)To provide an example to
support his points on how poor writing undermines meaning.
Which of the following are novels written by George Orwell? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)1984, Animal Farm
Where was George Orwell born? - (CORRECT ANSWER)India
Which of the following is NOT a rule that George Orwell proposes in his essay
"Politics and the English Language"? - (CORRECT ANSWER)Employ meaningless
words. In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary
criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely
lacking
in meaning.
What is a topic Conrad frequently wrote about in his novels? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)greed, corruption, and violence of European colonials
Which of the following is NOT true of modernism? - (CORRECT ANSWER)It valued
realism and traditional meter.
By what name did the people who lived through World War I call it? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)The Great War
What does the use of the term "Great War" indicate about people's perceptions of
this war? - (CORRECT ANSWER)It represents the challenge in representing
something so new and awful.
Which of the following was NOT an opinion expressed by the poets in reaction to the
horrors of World War I? - (CORRECT ANSWER)Those who cheered the soldiers
going off to fight were doing the right thing.
Which of the following is NOT true of modernism? - (CORRECT ANSWER)It is a
clearly defined period in the development of literature.
What political idea did Orwell fight against in Spain? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)Fascism
What is the purpose of the following excerpt from George Orwell's essay "Politics
and the English Language"?
Here is a well-known verse from Ecclesiastes:
I returned and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to
the
strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet
favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Here it is in modern English:
Objective considerations of contemporary phenomena compel the conclusion that
success or failure in competitive activities exhibits no tendency to be commensurate
with innate capacity, but that a considerable element of the unpredictable must
invariably be taken into account. - (CORRECT ANSWER)To provide an example to
support his points on how poor writing undermines meaning.
Which of the following are novels written by George Orwell? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)1984, Animal Farm
Where was George Orwell born? - (CORRECT ANSWER)India
Which of the following is NOT a rule that George Orwell proposes in his essay
"Politics and the English Language"? - (CORRECT ANSWER)Employ meaningless
words. In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary
criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely
lacking
in meaning.
What is a topic Conrad frequently wrote about in his novels? - (CORRECT
ANSWER)greed, corruption, and violence of European colonials
