Final Exam Questions Part 2 Flashcards
What did Newman firmly oppose?
All attempts to separate formal religion from public life, especially schools
Tennyson’s poetry was deepened and enriched by what?
The death of his best friend
Who is the Pilot in Tennyson’s “Crossing the Bar”?
“The divine and unseen who is always guiding us”
Who was the late- Victorian writer who had the most influence on modern literature?
Matthew Arnold
List the two areas in which Thomas Carlyle has his greatest impact on Victorian England.
- Religious thought
2. Social criticism
What new poetic genre did Robert Browning create?
Dramatic monologue
What most affected Christina Rosetti’s writing?
17th century Anglican devotional poets
Most of Lewis Carroll’s poems in the Alice books are best described as _____________.
Parodies
What is Hardy’s attitude toward peasantry?
“Noble” rustics on contented pagans
Thomas Hardy’s “The Drakling Thrush” reflects what aspects?
The lingering pain of rejecting Christianity and the futility of trying to purge the miraculous from Christianity
Hopkin’s “sprung rhythm” which is based on natural speech rhythms instead of syllable divisions, is like the rhythm patter of what earlier type of poetry?
Old English Poetry
List the true statements about A.E. Housman’s “To an Athlete Dying young”.
- The youth is praised for dying young and keeps his honor even in death.
- Fames dies more quickly than beauty does
In “The Kingdom of God”, Thompson says modern man cannot see angels because?
Man’s redeemed nature prevents him from seeing them
Kipling’s “The Conversion of Aurelian McGoggin” was said to be what form of literature?
Tract
In Kipling’s story, according to the doctor, what caused McGoggin’s conversion?
Overwork
Who as founder of modern psychology helped foster the existentialist philosophy?
Sigmund Freud
Name the philosophy that maintains the strongest influence on writers of the modern period.
Rationalism
What is the intellect position most characteristic of the modern period?
Existentialism
The typical modern poem relies on what?
Rhythm
According to the modern writer, what is fatal to art?
Didacticism
The moon imagery in Yeat’s “Adam’s Curse” foreshadows what?
The disillusionment at the end of the poem
Yeat’s believed that answers for life were found in what?
Art
Joyce’s “Ulysses” uses which method of development?
Stream of consciousness
In Joyce’s “Araby”, why is the boy prevented from leaving for the bazaar?
His uncle was late
