Modern British Poetry Quiz 1

Which poet was important in presenting allusions to many other works in his poetry?

• Rupert Brooke

• T.S. Eliot

• Siegfried Sassoon

• Isaac Rosenberg

What was the primary motivation of war poetry?

• To provide a warning to future generations

• To justify the war

• To bear witness to the horrors of war

• To celebrate artistic achievement

What was the main characteristic of Georgian Poetry in its second phase?

• Denial of individualism

• Use of complex forms

• Return to Wordsworth's style

• Subjective personal response

Which movement called for a clear presentation of subjects and a new cadence in poetry?

• Georgian Poetry

• War Poetry

• Imagism

• Modernism

What was the larger perspective of the lesson on Modern British Poetry?

• To discuss the influence of electricity on the arts

• To focus on American poetry

• To provide a map of 20th century British poetry

• To analyze the impact of psychoanalysis on poetry

Which Irish author was traditionally considered an English (or British) author but was later reclaimed for Ireland during the 20th century?

• Oscar Wilde

• Jonathan Swift

• Oliver Goldsmith

• Maria Edgeworth

Who was considered the 'father' of the Irish literary renaissance?

• Edmund Burke

• Jonathan Swift

• Standish James O'Grady

• George Bernard Shaw

Which poet was the first Irish writer to receive a Nobel Prize for Literature?

• William Carlos Williams

• William Butler Yeats

• Ezra Pound

• T.S. Eliot

Who was the London editor of The Little Review and largely determined the content of the publication?

• T.S. Eliot

• Ezra Pound

• William Butler Yeats

• James Joyce

What did T.S. Eliot describe as his mission in poetry?

• To bring poetry into the world in which the audience lives

• To transport the audience into an imaginary world totally unlike their own

• To create an unreal world in which poetry can be spoken

• To describe the world the audience sees before them in poetry