This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Modernism > Modernism – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Modernism Quiz 9 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. You could destroy all the chairs but the concept of chair exists in mind. Which philosophy is it? A) Essentialism. B) Existentialism. C) Idealism. D) Realism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Idealism. 2. Branch of modernism that is known as "emotional reality" A) Surrealism. B) Cubism. C) Impressionism. D) Expressionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Expressionism. 3. What does it mean by "facade" ? A) A house usually in the countryside or near the sea. B) The pointed tops of buildings like churches. C) The covering that forms the top of a building, vehicle, etc. D) *The front of a building. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) *The front of a building. 4. The limitation of this book is that it only looks at Western modernism, Euro-American art. It does not mention other religions such as Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Native American spirituality A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 5. Modernism continued until A) 1950. B) 1940. C) 1980. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1940. 6. Focuses on observation and exacting detail, photorealism and still life paintings A) Realism. B) Romanticism. C) Modernism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Realism. 7. She teaches children with speech impediments. "Impediment" means which of the following A) Braces. B) Difficult to do or complete something. C) Abilities. D) Crutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Difficult to do or complete something. 8. The era of Modernism ran from approx ..... A) 1800-1850. B) 1900-1945. C) 1945-present day 1850-1900. D) 1850-1900. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1900-1945. 9. Aircraft, Cars and Ocean Liners= A) Machine. B) Transportation. C) Technology. D) Speed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Machine. 10. High modernism is generally considered to have begun AFTER World War II (1950 onward). A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 11. The what were a group of people who practiced constructing persuasive arguments, regardless of whether or not they were true. A) Structuralism. B) Sophists. C) Modernism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sophists. 12. A slam poem is an example of ..... A) Modernism. B) Romanticism. C) Postmodernism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Postmodernism. 13. To Postmodernist there is no such thing as human nature. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 14. True or False:many Modern artists had deep religious convictions that put them at odds with their governments. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 15. Hemingway, as a modernist, broke with traditional literary forms in his own way by stripping away what he considered artifice; a key method of his was using a straightforward, direct, and sometimes even raw writing style. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 16. 2) The B eat Generation A) Magic realism emerged as a literary genre. B) Included writers like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. C) Had a significant impact on literature. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Included writers like Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs. 17. Modernism was a reaction to A) WWII. B) Victorian Culture. C) Abnormal bruising and swelling. D) The Roaring 20's. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Victorian Culture. 18. The following are the foundations (elements) of postmodernism, except? A) A new vision of the concepts of history, time and space. B) Truth is absolute. C) Strong criticism of comprehensive theories of reality. D) Rejection of representation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Truth is absolute. 19. Who attends the funeral of Jay Gatsby? A) The minister. B) Nick. C) His dad. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nick. 20. A motif of "change" has been popular during the Post-Modernist movement. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 21. Uses bright colors to highlight emotions A) Expressionism. B) Impressions. C) Surrealism. D) Cubism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Expressionism. 22. Omniscient narrator A) Post-modernism. B) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modernism. 23. Real name George Orwell? A) Eric Arthur Blair. B) Michael Joyce. C) John Well. D) Thomas Stearns Eliot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eric Arthur Blair. 24. ..... deny the enlightenment faith in science and technology as instruments of human progress A) Postmodernists. B) Essentialists. C) Progressivist. D) Idealist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Postmodernists. 25. Is the synchronization of Romanian literature with European literature a characteristic of modernism? A) And. B) Not. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 26. A comparison of two things that does not use the words "like" or "as" is called a: A) Imagery. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 27. True or False:According to Postmodernism, things do not have essence. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 28. Who was the thinker who said that basically Modernism had not really ended? A) J. Lyotard. B) Anthony Hopkins. C) Juergen Habermas. D) Jean Baudrillard. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Juergen Habermas. 29. Believes that emotions distort reality A) Cubism. B) Impressionism. C) Expressionism. D) Surrealism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expressionism. 30. The following are postmodernist thinkers? except. A) Jean Baudrillard. B) Jean Francois Lyotard. C) Rene Descartes. D) Jacques Derrida. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rene Descartes. 31. An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly, in an indirect or passing reference, is called a(n): A) Allusion. B) Simile. C) Theme. D) Characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 32. Described crime as being seductive and pleasant for people who are rewarded and excited by it. There is pleasure to be had in committing crime. It is not about background causes, its just the thrill A) Katz. B) Foucault. C) Maffesoli. D) Heather. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Katz. 33. What we see of any reality is just an impression A) Impressionism. B) Surrealism. C) Cubism. D) Expressionism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Impressionism. 34. Postmodern literature is marked by several thematic elements, including the following: A) An emphasis on literary works that often play out across various times and not necessarily in sequence. B) Define humanity and society about the effects of modern capitalism. C) Playfulness with chronological timeframe. D) A resistance to grand-or meta-narratives, such as religion or nationalism, that intend to define humanity and society. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A resistance to grand-or meta-narratives, such as religion or nationalism, that intend to define humanity and society. 35. Postmodernist do not believe we can have objective knowledge. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 36. Someone who always wants to argue or get in a fight is ..... A) Pugnacious. B) Muzzle. C) Skeptical. D) Mollified. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pugnacious. 37. Lifelike daily scenes now substituted for earlier themes A) Modernism. B) Romanticism. C) Realism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Realism. 38. Is a broad movement that has many sub movements A) Modernism. B) Romanticism. C) Realism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modernism. 39. The following events directly impacted Postmodern theory A) The Industrial Revoution. B) Archeological exploration. C) Colonialism. D) Globalisation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Globalisation. 40. PM claims there is no originality. A) Right. B) Wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Right. 41. The following is a key issue addressed in Postmodern Art A) Religious themes. B) Focusing on the formal qualities of artworks. C) Imitating nature (creating realistic artworks). D) Political statements. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Political statements. 42. About and for higher classes A) Post-modernism. B) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modernism. 43. Also known as the Kauffman Residence is a special house built on a waterfall. The color blends with nature. A) Glass House. B) Usonian House Wright house. C) Falling Water. D) The Cite Radieusse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Falling Water. 44. What did people lose faith in during the Modernism time period? A) Soldiers who fought in the war. B) The American Dream. C) Humanity. D) Their government. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The American Dream. 45. Which is considerated the most rellevant work of Gaudi? A) The stone. B) Underground train. C) The Holy Family. D) Catalonia Square. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Holy Family. 46. Father of Skyscraper A) Mies Van Der Rohe. B) Frank Lloyd Wright. C) Le Corbusier. D) Louis Sullivan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Louis Sullivan. 47. A weekend house known for allowing sunlight to pour into the main living quarters. It features stilted architecture with slender columns which created an illusion of lightness A) Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier. B) Unite d Habitation (1950) by Le Corbusier. C) Barcelona Pavilion (1929) by Mies Van Der Rohe. D) Usonian Houses Wright House by Frank Lloyd Wright. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Villa Savoye by Le Corbusier. 48. What artist founded the Cubism art movement? A) Famgoon Drain. B) Michelangelo. C) Snoop Dogg. D) Pablo Picasso. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pablo Picasso. 49. Rejection of past norms; "make it new" was the slogan A) Modernism. B) Postmodernism. C) Harlem Renaissance. D) Beat Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modernism. 50. Which aspect would Formalism Theory analyze? A) Race and Gender disparity. B) Use of Literary Device. C) The language or discourse "beyond the sentence". D) Use of grammar, word choice and syntax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use of grammar, word choice and syntax. 51. A method of literary analysis that questions the ability of language to represent reality adequately and seeks to discern and expose the purported underlying ideologies of a text A) Pig Latin. B) Decentered Text. C) Cosmology. D) Deconstruction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Deconstruction. 52. Is a form of literary criticism that focuses on a text's use of structure A) Post-structuralism. B) Structuralism. C) Formalism. D) Postmodernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Formalism. 53. What is NOT part of the three methods that Schoenberg used to create unity without tonality A) Developing variation. B) Integration of harmony and melody. C) Chromatic saturation. D) Melodic harmonization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Melodic harmonization. 54. Experiments in writing A) British Modernism. B) American Modernism. C) Both. D) Neither. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) British Modernism. 55. The cultural movement that will bear the name of modernism started as an ideology against the cultural standards of the period before the 19th century and became an anti-example of academic traditionalism A) True. B) Fals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 56. Without human feeling or sensitivity; cold or cruel A) Numb. B) Anger. C) Senseless. D) Insensitivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Senseless. 57. Examining the power dynamic in terms of where the subject and audience is looking is referred to as: A) Gaze. B) Recontextualization. C) Layering. D) Appropriation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gaze. 58. Which quote from the text most likely explains why modernism emerged? A) "With the Second Industrial Revolution in the late 1800s, daily life became more fast-paced, mechanized, and urban.". B) "After World War I (1914-1918), traditional class structures began to break down in Europe and the United States.". C) "It was a time of science and progress, rational thought and psychology.". D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 59. Interaction of text and image is when: A) The artist adds text to the work describing the image. B) Allows interplay between the elements allowing for sometimes humorous meaning to be added. C) All of the above. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Allows interplay between the elements allowing for sometimes humorous meaning to be added. 60. What happened to Mrs. Wright's canary? A) It was hungry. B) Its neck was broken. C) It lost its feathers. D) It had flown away. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Its neck was broken. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesModernism Quiz 1Modernism Quiz 2Modernism Quiz 3Modernism Quiz 4Modernism Quiz 5Modernism Quiz 6Modernism Quiz 7Modernism Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books