Unit 8: The Twentieth Century

Which of the following is modern fiction mainly characterized by?

Which poem shows disillusionment with and satirizes socialism?

Where does "The Lagoon" take place?

What memory haunts Arsat?

Work? "And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, / Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"

What is Eliza Doolittle's occupation?

Who is the "Apostle to the Skeptics"?

What is the use of precise, concrete images; free verse; and suggestion rather than complete statement?

Which poet was converted to the Anglican church in the 1920s?

The Georgians idealized the beauties of nature in the tradition of Wordsworth.

Whom are the Screwtape letters written to?

Which of the following is a dramatic monologue?

Who wrote "The Hidden Years at Nazareth"?

What novel is "Ignorance Is Strength" from?

Who wrote "No Scar?"

According to "The Hidden Years" Jesus was working as a carpenter, pleasing God with honest labor before his ministry.

The attempt of the Irish to show the wealth and value of their own culture and heritage is called the Irish Revival.

What is the tone of "The Lagoon"?

Which of the following was a writer of science fiction?

Who is considered one of the greatest twentieth-century poets of the English language?

"The Second Coming" marked a change in T. S. Eliot's poetry from bleak pessimism to cautious optimism.

Which shows that the Incarnation, Passion, and Resurrection have inspired the arts to be the glory of our society?

Who wrote "The Hollow Men"?

Which of the following is the musical My Fair Lady based on?

Who wrote "The Lagoon"?

What does Screwtape say to avoid in dealing with humans?

According to The Screwtape Letters, demons don't care whether humans are happy as long as they aren't following God.

Who gave the speech "Western Civilization: To Be or Not to Be?"

Who wrote "The Worship of Work"?

Who is one of the most imaginative and versatile writers of the twentieth century?

In "Western Civilization: To Be or Not to Be," what is said to be the real crisis before mankind?

Which work's theme is the irony of fame and glory?

Author? "The best lack all conviction, while the worst / Are full of passionate intensity."

Who wrote The Screwtape Letters?

Who wrote "To an Athlete Dying Young"?

Who controls and owns everything in Oceania?

What is an attempt to portray or interpret the workings of the unconscious mind as manifested in dreams?

What is the faculty of stopping short, as though by instinct, at the threshold of any dangerous thought?

What is the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them?

According to "Worship of Work," the primary concern of a Christian worker should be accomplishing as much as possible.

Why does Eliza come to Professor Higgins?

Who wrote 1984?

Who is the leader of the Irish Literary Renaissance?

Who wrote "The Unknown Citizen"?

Who wrote "Journey of the Magi"?

Which of the following was reared a Fabian socialist but later became a Christian?

Who wrote "The Second Coming"?

Which of the following ministered to the World War I troops stationed in desert camps in Africa?

Who wrote If?

Who wrote His Utmost for My Highest?

Author? "To-day, the road all runners come, / Shoulder-high we bring you home, / And set you at your threshold down"

What is the analysis of individual existence and the plight of the individual to assume responsibility for his existence

Which of the following is a humorous satire on the British social classes?

Which of these mainly characterizes modern poetry?

Author? "Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: / Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard."

Which poem's theme is the weakness of modern man?

Which author helped found the Fabian Society, a group of socialists believing that reform could lead the way to change?

Who is known today as a master of English prose though he was Polish?

Author? "All this was a long time ago, I remember, / And I would do it again, but set down / This set down"

Twentieth-century fiction has been marked by an ignorance of Christianity and a disillusionment with society.

Who gave the speech "Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat"?