This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Movements > Postmodernism > Postmodernism – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Postmodernism Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to postmodernism, humans are A) Social constructs. B) Body and Soul. C) Centralized souless personalities. D) Part of a higher consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social constructs. 2. Which philosopher famously pronounced "God Is Dead" ? A) Friedrich Nietzsche. B) Michel Foucault. C) Richard Rorty. D) JeanFrancis Lyotard. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friedrich Nietzsche. 3. Characteristic of postmodernism art A) Can't know what. B) Pop art. C) Something. D) To bore people. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pop art. 4. Please select the correct verb tense for the following sentence:That company has been making surfboards since the 1960s A) Past perfect progressive. B) Present perfect progressive. C) Present progressive. D) Past progressive. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present perfect progressive. 5. Does postmodernist poetry react against? A) Reacts against the avant-garde. B) Reacts against modernism. C) Reacts against the reality of an era. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reacts against modernism. 6. Choose the past form or past participle of each verb in parentheses(). If the verb is correct, choose no error as the answer: "The snowboard instructor (lead) the children to the bunny hill." A) Have lead. B) No error. C) Leaded. D) Led. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Led. 7. In "I Want to Be Miss America, " what is it that gratifies the author years later but comes too late? A) When American women want to look "ethnic" like her. B) When she is finally able to look like a beauty contestant. C) When she stops trying to fit into the mold of American beauty. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When American women want to look "ethnic" like her. 8. Is the following an example of Modernity or Postmodernity? Joe gets his high-school diploma, goes to Cal State Stanislaus like he's supposed to, receives a bachelor's degree in business, opens up a furniture store, marries a woman, has two kids, and earns a lower middle-class salary while his wife stays at home to cook, clean, and raise their children. A) Modernity. B) Postmodernity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modernity. 9. A realistic copy. A copy of a copy that has that no relationship with the thing it was copied from. The media text that is a copy of a copy. The media is full of these. 'Busted' are ..... punk rockers. (J. Baudrillard) A) Hyperreality. B) Simulacrum. C) Parody. D) Pastiche. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simulacrum. 10. In Lawrence Ferlinghetti's poem, "The Changing Light, " light is used to symbolize the brightness and uniqueness of San Francisco. How does Ferlinghetti show the unique quality of San Francisco's light? A) Mentions the lights in other cities and says that it is different. B) Points out the unique qualities of San Francisco and how the light is displayed through them. C) Creates an image of a light that is organic and always changing. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 11. The swan is the representative bird of Modernism A) V. B) F. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) V. 12. How does Bruce critique the postmodernist view of the decline of traditional religions? A) Bruce agrees with the postmodernists' assessment of the decline of traditional religions. B) Bruce suggests that disembedding is exaggerated and traditional religious institutions persist. C) Bruce claims that religious organizations have become more influential in postmodern society. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bruce suggests that disembedding is exaggerated and traditional religious institutions persist. 13. How does postmodernism work? A) What happened after modernism. B) It is a movement to reflect on current events. C) Helps understand ideals of the past. D) Questions the absolute truth and criticizes certain values. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Questions the absolute truth and criticizes certain values. 14. Which of these were the writers of the postmodern era? A) John Bart. B) Minna Canth. C) Vesa-Matti Loiri. D) Ihab Hassan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Bart. 15. The only metanarrative accepted by postmodernists is the story of evolution. A) FALSE. B) TRUE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FALSE. 16. Interaction between teachers and students becomes easier with the presence of education-based applications. Is this an example of a flow? A) Modernism. B) Realism. C) Dadaism. D) Postmodernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modernism. 17. Postmodernism sought to completely eliminate Modernism A) And. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) And. 18. Appropriation, or the aesthetics of adaptation, is called A) Conscious use of earlier texts in the creative process. B) Random use of earlier texts in the creative process. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conscious use of earlier texts in the creative process. 19. The Empire State Building in New York City is an example of which architectural style? A) Brutalist Architecture. B) Constructivism. C) Art Deco. D) Art Nouveau. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Art Deco. 20. EL MODERISMO TIENE INFLUENCIA DE: A) SYMBOLISM. B) PARNASIANISM. C) SYMBOLISM AND PARNASIANISM. D) REALISM. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SYMBOLISM AND PARNASIANISM. 21. 6-Do post-modernist scholars do not criticize classical theories? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 22. HE WAS KNOWN AS "THE SINGER OF AMERICA" A) JOSE MARIA EGUREN. B) RUBEN DARIO. C) VENTURA GARCIA CALDERON. D) JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) JOSE SANTOS CHOCANO. 23. The concept related to human relations with the surrounding environment in modern times is the meaning of? A) Postmodernism. B) Realism. C) Modernism. D) Dadaism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modernism. 24. In a postmodernist story, there is A) Temporal and spatial relations confused and random;. B) Temporal and spatial relationships are clear and orderly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Temporal and spatial relations confused and random;. 25. What is the term for the rise of micro-narratives in postmodernism? A) Cultural capital. B) Confusion of time and space. C) Style over substance. D) Fragmentation of identities. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fragmentation of identities. 26. How does disembedding manifest in postmodern society according to Lyon? A) Religions are deeply embedded in specific cultures and countries. B) Religions have lost their significance in postmodern society. C) Beliefs are detached from their original contexts and mixed and matched freely. D) Religious organizations have gained more influence in postmodern society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beliefs are detached from their original contexts and mixed and matched freely. 27. What is an impact of post-modernism on literature? A) Ironic and subjective social criticism. B) Reason over feeling. C) Prioritizing romantic ideals. D) Linear and chronological narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ironic and subjective social criticism. 28. I am the native and wild singer of America..... verses of the poet..... who was murdered in Chile A) Gabriela Mistral. B) Jose Santos Chocano. C) Jose Marti. D) Ruben Dario. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jose Santos Chocano. 29. We could not consider it as a characteristic of modernism: A) Exotic themes. B) Musicality. C) Disinterest in harmony. D) Word full of color and sound. E) Sensuality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disinterest in harmony. 30. Which of the following is not a principle that governs Postmodernism? A) Abstraction. B) Complexity. C) Realism. D) Arbitrariness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Abstraction. 31. Nietzsche predicted that once we killed our belief in God, all truth, meaning, and morality would continue to exist without him. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 32. Which of these two works is most linked to Postmodernism? A) Seagram Building. B) Ronchamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ronchamp. 33. A hybrid worldview of postmodernism that believes since we are fallen and limited, we should demonstrate humility by refusing to make an exclusive truth claim. A) Christian postmodernism. B) Post-postmodernism. C) Sophism. D) Pragmatism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Christian postmodernism. 34. Based on what you know about Gregory Corso, how do you think he would react to turning 50? A) Deny it and lie about his age. B) Celebrate all he has to look forward to as fifty year old. C) Mourn all of the things that he has yet to accomplish. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celebrate all he has to look forward to as fifty year old. 35. Deconstructionism makes the reader's interpretation more important than the author's intent. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 36. What aspect of modern architecture does Postmodernism reject? A) Technology. B) Connectivity. C) Simplicity. D) Abstraction. E) Two answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Two answers are correct. 37. A farmer had 17 goats. All but six died. How many goats survived? A) 0. B) 11. C) 17. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 6. 38. Choose the past form or past participle of each verb in parentheses(). If the verb is correct, choose no error as the answer: "Brandon sold most of his sculptures at the art show last weekend, but he (keep) his favorite one." A) Kept. B) Keeped. C) No error. D) Have kept. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kept. 39. During this time period, writers sought to capture the ..... of the American people during this era of a new postwar economy and society. A) Anger. B) Anxiety. C) Peace. D) Excitement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anxiety. 40. "About Russell"When Rita beats Russell at chess, she is amazed that he ..... A) Puts the chess set away. B) Doesn't wreck the board. C) Congratulates her. D) Claims he won. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Doesn't wreck the board. 41. The use of irony, parody and recontextualisation A) Cultural. B) Postmodern. C) Subjective. D) Structural. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Postmodern. 42. Read the poem. Which of these does the author do in each verse? A) Rhymes the second and fourth lines. B) Rhymes the first and last lines. C) Rhymes the first two lines. D) Rhymes every line. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhymes the second and fourth lines. 43. A postmodernist novel A) Focuses on creating a literary world modeled after the ordinary world. B) Focuses on subjective experience. C) To the process of creating the world of the work. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To the process of creating the world of the work. 44. ..... is a new work or style that is formed by combining elements of other previous works A) Fragmentation. B) Late capitalism. C) Pastiche. D) Parody. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pastiche. 45. In what year did you publish your story book "El Caballero Carmelo" ? A) 1987. B) 1918. C) 1880. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1918. 46. In "Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?" why can't Paul stop laughing at the thought of Billy Boy dying? A) He finds it ironic that Billy Boy died of a heart attack in a war. B) He believes that Billy Boy deserved to die a more heroic death. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He finds it ironic that Billy Boy died of a heart attack in a war. 47. The aesthetic order within the artwork-the signs and symbols used to convey meaning A) Structural. B) Subjective. C) Cultural. D) Postmodern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structural. 48. The poems "The Red Kings" and "Tristitia" correspond respectively to: A) Vallejo and Chocano. B) Eguren and Vallejo. C) Valdelomar and Chocano. D) Eguren and Valdelomar. E) Hidalgo and Gonzalo Rose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Eguren and Valdelomar. 49. (Pg. 90) "Around the ..... let us say ..... shrine of the ruby-sequinned slippers, pools of saliva have been forming. There are those of us who lack restraint, who drool." This line best supports which of the following? A) The Postmodern truth in America that many believe material wealth is all that matters. B) The Postmodern truth in America that many believe salivating is cool. C) The Modern Truth in America that everyone needs to wear ruby-sequinned slippers they represent order. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Postmodern truth in America that many believe material wealth is all that matters. 50. In "Mortals" the narrator remembers the obituaries of A) People he knows. B) Celebrities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Celebrities. 51. Abraham Valdeloma wrote "El Caballero Carmelo" influenced by: A) A) desire to value the Andean culture. B) (b) interest in Peruvian history. C) (c) knowledge of the urban world. D) D) rural influence, linked to the sea. E) E) rejection of traditional feudalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D) rural influence, linked to the sea. 52. Select the correct verb tense used in the following sentence:" Kalman had been sleeping throughout that memorable day." A) Past progressive. B) Past perfect progressive. C) Present progressive. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past perfect progressive. 53. Literary movement that was born in America A) Romance. B) Avant-garde. C) Modernism. D) Realism. E) Postmodernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modernism. 54. Who talked about meta-narratives? A) Lyotard. B) Baudrillard. C) Chomsky. D) Strinati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lyotard. 55. In the poem 'The Duke' the details of A) A wedding. B) An award. C) A birthday. D) A born. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A wedding. 56. Which of these followings is a characteristics of Postmodern Style? A) Witty & humorous design. B) Pure & perfect form. C) Use of neutral colors. D) Consist of single coding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Witty & humorous design. 57. Why do they call Carmelo Knight? A) Because it was a horse. B) Because he didn't give up easily. C) Because he was kind to his opponents. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because he was kind to his opponents. 58. How many directions are there in postmodernism? A) 2. B) 4. C) 3. D) 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 59. What is the key concept highlighted by Hervieu-Leger in the postmodernist view of religion? A) Monopoly of truth. B) Religions' inability to change. C) Disembedding in religious organizations and cultures. D) Emergence of a spiritual marketplace. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Religions' inability to change. 60. As a result of what did postmodernism begin? A) As a result of the industrial revolution. B) As a result of the Second French Revolution. C) As a result of ideas derived from fascism. D) As a result of industrial society changing. E) As a result of the Wall Street stock market crash. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) As a result of industrial society changing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesPostmodernism Quiz 1Postmodernism Quiz 2Postmodernism Quiz 3Postmodernism Quiz 4Postmodernism Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books