This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Movements > Postmodernism > Postmodernism – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Postmodernism Quiz 12 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who started postmodernism? A) Bennett Iddings Bill. B) Bernard Innings Bell. C) Bernard Iddings Bell. D) Branden Itty Bitty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bernard Iddings Bell. 2. The characteristics of true realism are? A) Highlights daily events and activities experienced by the community. B) New social movements. C) Rupture with the existing current. D) Criticism of the Grand Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Highlights daily events and activities experienced by the community. 3. Identify the title & author of the passage below: "George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains." A) "Hay for Horses" by Gary Snyder. B) "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. C) The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgeral. D) The George Lopez Show by George Lopez. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Harrison Bergeron" by Kurt Vonnegut. 4. The following is the jargon and spirit used by Deconstructivist Architects..... A) Form follows function. B) Truth to materials. C) Purity of form. D) Form follows fantasy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Form follows fantasy. 5. Who is NOT an author of postmodernism? A) Paula aster. B) Kurt Vonnegut. C) Baldomero Lillo. D) Italian Calvin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Baldomero Lillo. 6. IF IN PERUVIAN REALISM THE OUTSTANDING LITERARY GENRE WAS NARRATIVE, THEN IN MODERNISM MAINLY THE A) DRAMA. B) REHEARSAL. C) JOURNALIST ARTICLE. D) LYRIC. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) LYRIC. 7. What is the concept of pastiche in postmodernism? A) The dominance of simulated events and opportunities. B) The blurring of lines between the real and the unreal. C) The imitation or parody of other styles or works. D) The fragmentation of identities in society. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The imitation or parody of other styles or works. 8. What is the most recognizable characteristics of Deconstructivism? A) Pure form of geometry. B) Combined modern styles, fine craftmanship & luxury materials. C) Conscious revivals of Classical style. D) Manipulated form & irregular shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manipulated form & irregular shape. 9. Is characteristic of postmodernist philosophy A) Relativism. B) Not come home on time. C) What is philosophy. D) Stinginess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Relativism. 10. Gabriela Mistral Nationality: A) Peruvian. B) Argentina. C) Chilena. D) Uruguayan. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chilena. 11. It excludes the variant that is NOT a source of Postmodernism A) Following the scientific and technological progress, the Western industrial world is moving to the post-industrial stage;. B) The informational character of today's society (press, television, internet, etc.). C) The great geographical discoveries that open up new cultural horizons. D) Multiculturalism and the revision of values. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The great geographical discoveries that open up new cultural horizons. 12. The following is the jargon and spirit promoted by Minimalist Architects, except..... A) Less is more. B) Less is bore. C) Doing more with less. D) Less but better. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Less is bore. 13. What is postmodernism primarily a reaction against? A) Renaissance. B) Romanticism. C) Baroque. D) Modernism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modernism. 14. The effective use of visual codes and conventions to convey ideas A) Structural. B) Subjective. C) Cultural. D) Postmodern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structural. 15. Was Postmodernism also observable in architecture? A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 16. For the following questions, match the word with the correct definition:Characteristic; typical A) Quintessential. B) Ethnicists. C) Enlightened. D) Insidious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quintessential. 17. (pg. 93) " 'Home' has become such a scattered, damaged, various concept in our present travails." Rushdie may be commenting on what focal points in today's society? A) Poor roofing jobs on homes. B) Immigration and multiculturalism. C) Both of these. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immigration and multiculturalism. 18. What does the title "The Girl with the Blue Lamp" represent? A) It presents a tender and beautiful girl as a symbol of poetry, carrying a blue lamp, which is the color of the spirit in modernism, to guide the poet in the arcane mysteries of the art of the word. B) It presents a tender and beautiful girl as a symbol of nature, carrying a blue lamp, which is the color of the spirit in romanticism, to guide the poet in the arcane mysteries of the art of words. C) It presents a tender and beautiful girl to guide the poet in the mysteries of life. D) It presents a tender and beautiful girl as a symbol of poetry, carrying a blue lamp, which is the color of the spirit in symbolism, to guide the poet in the arcane mysteries of the art of words. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It presents a tender and beautiful girl as a symbol of poetry, carrying a blue lamp, which is the color of the spirit in symbolism, to guide the poet in the arcane mysteries of the art of words. 19. The real expression of postmodernism is..... A) I can date any time. B) I can change my sexual orientation. C) I can't trust other people. D) I am an autonomous subject. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I am an autonomous subject. 20. The Critical Theory presupposes that people think rationally, which means that they are capable of questioning the messages that we are taught in society. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMovements QuizzesPostmodernism Quiz 1Postmodernism Quiz 2Postmodernism Quiz 3Postmodernism Quiz 4Postmodernism Quiz 5Postmodernism Quiz 6Postmodernism Quiz 7Postmodernism Quiz 8Postmodernism Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books