Modernism Test
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- 1.
- 2.How did women's role in society change after the First World War and why?
- 3.How did people react to the economic problems of the Twenties?
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- 6.When did the First World War break out?
- A.
1913
- B.
1914
- C.
1915
- D.
1918
- 7.The General Strike occurred in:
- A.
1928
- B.
1920
- C.
1926
- D.
1930
- 8.The general tendency to question all past values and beliefs and to move from objectivity to .............................. was brought about by varius new theories.
- 9..................., a German philosopher, had proclaimed that "God was dead"
- 10.In Modernist fiction the very existence of objective reality was questioned.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.For Modernist writers the way to portray human consciousness was not a problem they had to face.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.What was the new conception of time?
- A.
Coexistence of past, present and future
- B.
Past, present, and future in succession
- C.
Past was not considered
- D.
Human consciousness was seen as a flux in which past, present and future coexisted.
- 13.One of the most important revolutionary narrative technique was:
- A.
The use of metaphors
- B.
The stream of consciousness
- C.
The use of the blank verse
- 14.The stream of consciousness is aimed to reproduce:
- A.
The condition of being aware of something
- B.
The past memory
- C.
The flow of thoughts in an individual mind
- 15.Economy of action in fictional work. Two Modernist writers used this device in their novels:
- A.
Joseph Conrad and Albert Einstein
- B.
James Joyce and Virginia Woolf
- C.
Henry Bergson and James Joyce
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