Question: Which of the following statements does NOT reflect the general characteristics of T.S. Eliot’s “The Wasteland” ?

• 1. Some academic scholars suggest that “TheWasteland” is an extrapolation of the search for the Holy Grail.
• 2. “The Wasteland” is an excellent example of modernist symbolism.
• 3. Eliot’s poem takes great pains to illustrate the breakdown of stable meaning in the modern world.
• 4. “The Wasteland” is often used as an excellent example of poetic realism.

Question: Which of the following best describes the novel “The God of Small Things”?

• 1. It is a lyrical novel that explores cultural identity and decline of an Indian family.
• 2. It is a Romantic novel that explores the decline of a Russian family.
• 3. It is a stream-of-consciousness narrative that explores cultural identity in nineteenth-century Ireland.
• 4. It is a lyrical novel that explores the decline of a Caribbean family.

Question: T.S. Eliot’s “TheWaste Land” begins with which of the following well-known opening lines ?

• 1. “Was it for this-”
• 2. “Riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs.”
• 3. “And the worst friend and enemy is but Death.”
• 4. “April is the cruellest month”

Question: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Realism” as an artistic and literary movement ?

• 1. Realism strives to depict humans within a certain social context.
• 2. Realism depicts the tension between harsh reality and ideals.
• 3. Realism gives up the search for truth and instead embraces moral relativism.
• 4. Realism explores ethical quandaries within a social context.

Question: Oscar Wilde’s “The Picture of Dorian Gray” is an example of which of the following literary trends ?

• 1. Aestheticism
• 2. Naturalism
• 3. Decadence
• 4. Both A and C

Question: Which of the following is a literary work of “The Lost Generation ”?

• 1. Ernest Hemingway’s “The Sun Also Rises”
• 2. James Joyce’s “Dubliners”
• 3. Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness”
• 4. Friedrich Nietzsche’s “Twilight of the Idols”

Question: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Naturalism” as an artistic and literary movement ?

• 1. Naturalism is a search for scientific certainty.
• 2. Naturalism depicts humans as reasonable and objective.
• 3. Naturalism depicts the more “animalistic” tendencies of humans.
• 4. Naturalism considers the author or artist to be like a scientist.

Question: Which of the following are well-known Post-Modern theoreticians ?

• 1. Linda Hutcheon
• 2. Jean Baudrillard
• 3. Thomas Hobbes
• 4. Both A and B

Question: Fill in the blank. The novel “Things Fall Apart” explores ____________ society and its encounter with European colonialism?

• 1. Ibo
• 2. Russian
• 3. Irish
• 4. Indian

Question: Which of the following sentences is the famous first line of Nabokov’s “Lolita” ?

• 1. “Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.”
• 2. “Lolita, look at this tangle of thorns.”
• 3. “Lolita, all at once we were madly, clumsily, shamelessly, agonizingly in love with each other.”
• 4. “Lolita, a cluster of stars palely glowed above us.”