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Modernist Literature and the Exploration of Time and Space

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Which modernist author is known for his stream-of-consciousness writing style?

  1. James Joyce

  2. Virginia Woolf

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. Ezra Pound


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

James Joyce is known for his stream-of-consciousness writing style, which is evident in his novel Ulysses.

In Ulysses, what is the name of the protagonist?

  1. Leopold Bloom

  2. Stephen Dedalus

  3. Molly Bloom

  4. Gertrude Stein


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Leopold Bloom is the protagonist of Ulysses.

Which modernist author is known for her use of interior monologue?

  1. James Joyce

  2. Virginia Woolf

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. Ezra Pound


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Virginia Woolf is known for her use of interior monologue, which is evident in her novel Mrs. Dalloway.

In Mrs. Dalloway, what is the name of the protagonist?

  1. Clarissa Dalloway

  2. Septimus Warren Smith

  3. Peter Walsh

  4. Sally Seton


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Clarissa Dalloway is the protagonist of Mrs. Dalloway.

Which modernist author is known for his use of fragmentation and collage?

  1. James Joyce

  2. Virginia Woolf

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. Ezra Pound


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

T.S. Eliot is known for his use of fragmentation and collage, which is evident in his poem The Waste Land.

In The Waste Land, what is the name of the protagonist?

  1. Tiresias

  2. The Fisher King

  3. The Phoenician Sailor

  4. Madame Sosostris


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Tiresias is the protagonist of The Waste Land.

Which modernist author is known for his use of allusion and myth?

  1. James Joyce

  2. Virginia Woolf

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. Ezra Pound


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ezra Pound is known for his use of allusion and myth, which is evident in his poem The Cantos.

In The Cantos, what is the name of the protagonist?

  1. John Adams

  2. Thomas Jefferson

  3. George Washington

  4. Ezra Pound


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Ezra Pound is the protagonist of The Cantos.

Which modernist author is known for his use of experimental form and language?

  1. James Joyce

  2. Virginia Woolf

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. Gertrude Stein


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Gertrude Stein is known for her use of experimental form and language, which is evident in her novel Tender Buttons.

In Tender Buttons, what is the name of the protagonist?

  1. Gertrude Stein

  2. Alice B. Toklas

  3. Henri Matisse

  4. Pablo Picasso


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Gertrude Stein is the protagonist of Tender Buttons.

Which modernist author is known for his use of symbolism and allegory?

  1. James Joyce

  2. Virginia Woolf

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. William Faulkner


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

William Faulkner is known for his use of symbolism and allegory, which is evident in his novel The Sound and the Fury.

In The Sound and the Fury, what is the name of the protagonist?

  1. Benjy Compson

  2. Quentin Compson

  3. Jason Compson

  4. Dilsey Gibson


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Benjy Compson is the protagonist of The Sound and the Fury.

Which modernist author is known for his use of magical realism?

  1. James Joyce

  2. Virginia Woolf

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. Gabriel Garcia Marquez


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Gabriel Garcia Marquez is known for his use of magical realism, which is evident in his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.

In One Hundred Years of Solitude, what is the name of the protagonist?

  1. Jose Arcadio Buendia

  2. Ursula Iguaran

  3. Colonel Aureliano Buendia

  4. Remedios the Beauty


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Jose Arcadio Buendia is the protagonist of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

Which modernist author is known for his use of metafiction?

  1. James Joyce

  2. Virginia Woolf

  3. T.S. Eliot

  4. John Barth


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

John Barth is known for his use of metafiction, which is evident in his novel The Sot-Weed Factor.

In The Sot-Weed Factor, what is the name of the protagonist?

  1. Ebenezer Cooke

  2. Henry Burlingame

  3. John Smith

  4. Pocahontas


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Ebenezer Cooke is the protagonist of The Sot-Weed Factor.

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