English (002) MTTC Exam Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Upton Sinclair - Correct answer-American novelist, journalist and essayist; "The
Jungle" - attacked and exposed abuses in the Chicago meat packing industry -
instrumental in forcing the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act; "King Coal",
"Boston"; A "muckracker"
Muckracker - Correct answer-A socially minded band of writers who decried and
attacked perceived immoral conduct in business and government
Johan Strindberg - Correct answer-Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist and
short-fiction writer; "The Red Room" - bohemian life in Sweden; Blending realism
and naturalism together in a unique manner; "The Father", "Miss Julie"; later
works turned to symbolism mixed with expressionism for "Ghost Sonata", "The
Great Highway" - autobiographical plays; An unhappy childhood followed by 3
failed marriages influenced his work
Ford Madox Ford (Ford Hermann Hueffer) - Correct answer-English novelist and
critic; "The Good Solider" narrates an unhappy marriage in English upper class;
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,BFF's with Joesph Conrad - Collaborated two novels "The Inheritors" and
"Romance", "Parade's End" - a trilogy of novels set in America and Europe; Fought
in France in World War I
Gertrude Stein - Correct answer-American poet, essayist, novelist and short-story
writer; "Three Lives" - a novel of working class women; "Tender Objects, Food,
and Rooms" her poetry collection; "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" her
autobiography (Alice B. Toklas was her secretary and partner); BFF's with Picasso,
Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford; Flamboyant figure in Paris famous for her acid
tongue and wit
Rabindranath Tagore - Correct answer-Indian poet, playwright, novelist, short-
fiction writer and songwriter; Best known for his spiritual poetry written in Bengali
- 1st collection was "The ideal One"; Noted for his lyrical, spiritual poetry; "Song
Offerings" - Won a Novel Prize in Literature (1911); "The Hungry Stones",
"Broken Ties" - Stories of village Begal life
D.H. Lawrence - Correct answer-English novelist, poet, essayist and short-fiction
writer; "Sons and Lovers", "The Rainbow", "Women in Love", "Lady Chatterly's
Lover" - banned in England for 30 yrs; Books focused on love, class, social
standing and sexuality; The intensity to his work and life that sometimes
scandalized peers
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,George Bernard Shaw - Correct answer-British playwright and critic; Published his
collection of dramas in "Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant" - included some of his
best work including his critical prefaces; "Caesar and Cleopatra", "Major Barbara",
"Pygmalion", "St. Joan"; Awarded the Nobel prize in Literature (1925); Chose
controversial topics for his drams, stressing realistic social problems - satirized
social class and gender discrimination with a light touch that made its points w/o
anger
Marcel Proust - Correct answer-French novelist; "Remembrance of Things Past" -
epic seven-part masterpiece that examines the existential problem of finding
meaning and value in the maelstrom of life; uses the device of interior monologue -
views the transient nature of life and the flux of consciousness using observation of
detail
Thomas Sterns Eliot - Correct answer-American poet, playwright and critic; "The
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", "The Waste Land" - Struggled with his own
despair at the futility of life and the spiritual barrenness of modern life, he
addressed these themes in "The Waste Land"; "Murder in the Cathedral", "The
Cocktail Party" - dramas
Robert Frost - Correct answer-American poet; Master of technical aspects of
poetry while remaining true to his New England heritage; "Stopping by the Woods
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, on a Snowy Evening", "The Road Not Taken", "West Running Brook", "A Witness
Tree", "In the Clearing"; Received the Pulitzer Prize 4 times; Read "The Gift
Outright" at the inaugural of John Kennedy in 1961
Frantz Kafka - Correct answer-Prague born and German writing novelist and short-
story writer; Uses powerful symbolism; Addresses anxieties and chaos of modern
society; "The Metamorphosis", "In the Penal Colony", "The Hunger Artist";
Instructed his executor and literary agent, Max Brod, to destroy his work after his
death but Brod instead published them - "The Trial", "The Castle", "Amerika";
Fiction was dark, wounding, arresting and sometimes painful
James Joyce - Correct answer-Irish novelist and short-story writer; Developed a
style rich in innovative literary technique and creative language; "The Dubliners",
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" - novels and dramas "Exiles" and
"Ulysses"; "Finnegan's Wake" - novel
Edna St. Vinceny Millay - Correct answer-American poet; Won a poetry contest in
1902 for "Renascence", Won the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry "The Ballad of the
Harp-weaver"; "A Few Twigs from Thistles", "Fatal Interview", "Wine From These
Grapes", "Conversation at Midnight", "Make the Bright Arrows", "Collected
Poems"
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Answers Graded A+
Upton Sinclair - Correct answer-American novelist, journalist and essayist; "The
Jungle" - attacked and exposed abuses in the Chicago meat packing industry -
instrumental in forcing the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act; "King Coal",
"Boston"; A "muckracker"
Muckracker - Correct answer-A socially minded band of writers who decried and
attacked perceived immoral conduct in business and government
Johan Strindberg - Correct answer-Swedish novelist, playwright, essayist and
short-fiction writer; "The Red Room" - bohemian life in Sweden; Blending realism
and naturalism together in a unique manner; "The Father", "Miss Julie"; later
works turned to symbolism mixed with expressionism for "Ghost Sonata", "The
Great Highway" - autobiographical plays; An unhappy childhood followed by 3
failed marriages influenced his work
Ford Madox Ford (Ford Hermann Hueffer) - Correct answer-English novelist and
critic; "The Good Solider" narrates an unhappy marriage in English upper class;
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,BFF's with Joesph Conrad - Collaborated two novels "The Inheritors" and
"Romance", "Parade's End" - a trilogy of novels set in America and Europe; Fought
in France in World War I
Gertrude Stein - Correct answer-American poet, essayist, novelist and short-story
writer; "Three Lives" - a novel of working class women; "Tender Objects, Food,
and Rooms" her poetry collection; "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" her
autobiography (Alice B. Toklas was her secretary and partner); BFF's with Picasso,
Hemingway and Ford Madox Ford; Flamboyant figure in Paris famous for her acid
tongue and wit
Rabindranath Tagore - Correct answer-Indian poet, playwright, novelist, short-
fiction writer and songwriter; Best known for his spiritual poetry written in Bengali
- 1st collection was "The ideal One"; Noted for his lyrical, spiritual poetry; "Song
Offerings" - Won a Novel Prize in Literature (1911); "The Hungry Stones",
"Broken Ties" - Stories of village Begal life
D.H. Lawrence - Correct answer-English novelist, poet, essayist and short-fiction
writer; "Sons and Lovers", "The Rainbow", "Women in Love", "Lady Chatterly's
Lover" - banned in England for 30 yrs; Books focused on love, class, social
standing and sexuality; The intensity to his work and life that sometimes
scandalized peers
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,George Bernard Shaw - Correct answer-British playwright and critic; Published his
collection of dramas in "Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant" - included some of his
best work including his critical prefaces; "Caesar and Cleopatra", "Major Barbara",
"Pygmalion", "St. Joan"; Awarded the Nobel prize in Literature (1925); Chose
controversial topics for his drams, stressing realistic social problems - satirized
social class and gender discrimination with a light touch that made its points w/o
anger
Marcel Proust - Correct answer-French novelist; "Remembrance of Things Past" -
epic seven-part masterpiece that examines the existential problem of finding
meaning and value in the maelstrom of life; uses the device of interior monologue -
views the transient nature of life and the flux of consciousness using observation of
detail
Thomas Sterns Eliot - Correct answer-American poet, playwright and critic; "The
Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", "The Waste Land" - Struggled with his own
despair at the futility of life and the spiritual barrenness of modern life, he
addressed these themes in "The Waste Land"; "Murder in the Cathedral", "The
Cocktail Party" - dramas
Robert Frost - Correct answer-American poet; Master of technical aspects of
poetry while remaining true to his New England heritage; "Stopping by the Woods
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, on a Snowy Evening", "The Road Not Taken", "West Running Brook", "A Witness
Tree", "In the Clearing"; Received the Pulitzer Prize 4 times; Read "The Gift
Outright" at the inaugural of John Kennedy in 1961
Frantz Kafka - Correct answer-Prague born and German writing novelist and short-
story writer; Uses powerful symbolism; Addresses anxieties and chaos of modern
society; "The Metamorphosis", "In the Penal Colony", "The Hunger Artist";
Instructed his executor and literary agent, Max Brod, to destroy his work after his
death but Brod instead published them - "The Trial", "The Castle", "Amerika";
Fiction was dark, wounding, arresting and sometimes painful
James Joyce - Correct answer-Irish novelist and short-story writer; Developed a
style rich in innovative literary technique and creative language; "The Dubliners",
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" - novels and dramas "Exiles" and
"Ulysses"; "Finnegan's Wake" - novel
Edna St. Vinceny Millay - Correct answer-American poet; Won a poetry contest in
1902 for "Renascence", Won the Pulitzer Prize for her poetry "The Ballad of the
Harp-weaver"; "A Few Twigs from Thistles", "Fatal Interview", "Wine From These
Grapes", "Conversation at Midnight", "Make the Bright Arrows", "Collected
Poems"
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