Modernism in Literature

The modern antihero gives in to

What was the decade that "roared"?

One narrative technique that resulted from Sigmund Freud's theories was

F. Scott Fitzgerald's name for the Roaring Twenties was the

The poem "Incident" is about the power of words to 

Who wrote "A Soldier's Home"?

"He made that poor piano moan with melody" is an example of

The narrator's voice in "A Rose for Emily" represents

What term refers to the reasons why characters behave the way they do?

"The paired butterflies are already yellow with August" is an example of

Which of the following does not describe the poetry of Robert Frost?

Ernest Hemingway's heroes are often

Who was Miss Emily's lover?

One narrative technique that resulted from Sigmund Freud's theories was

"Droning a drowsy syncopated tune" is an example of

The theories of Karl Marx challenged America's idea of

pauper : poor ::

distraught : troubled ::

What happened in 1920 in America?

"The Weary Blues" marked the beginning of whose literary career?

What image suggests that the river-merchant was reluctant to leave home in Pound's poem?

Who wrote the poem "Tableau"?

convened : dispersed ::

Which of the following authors is not considered a modernist writer?

Many writers of this literary period became expatriates in

The poem "Incident" took place in

Which time range best describes the modernist period?

Which of the following is not an element of modernism?

Which writer introduced the techniques of the imagism movement to the US?

Krebs wished the history book he was reading about the war had more

Which of the following statements is false about the social influences of the 1920s?

What type of fiction best describes "A Rose for Emily"?

What did Colonel Sartoris excuse Miss Emily of paying?

The most important influences on Hughes's poetry were Carl Sandburg and

Which of the following is not an assumption of the "American dream"?

The setting of "A Soldier's Home" was

Who was charged with treason during WWII, resulting in a 12 year stay in a mental hospital?

Poetry without regular rhyming and metrical patterns is called

Which of the following was not a political or social milestone of the modernist period?

What did the imagists believe could, by itself, carry a poem's emotion and message?

In "A Soldier's Home," the character of Charley Simmons serves as a(n)

Gertrude Stein coined this term that refers to youth who came of age during WWI:

Who wrote the poem "The Red Wheelbarrow"?

The townspeople disapproved of Miss Emily's love interest because he was

Who wrote "The Great Gatsby"?

archaic : modern ::

Which of the following is a motif found throughout "A Rose for Emily"?

What was found on Miss Emily's pillow?

Where did Marxism begin?

ludicrous : absurd ::