The last decade of the nineteenth century saw the development of a number of literary and cultural movements which amounted to a rejection of the principles of Victorianism because of which social transformations ?

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According to Max Simon Nordau in his work “Degeneration,” which of the following best describes the term “Fin de Siècle” ?

A. “The impotent despair of a sick man, who feels himself dying by inches in the midst of an eternally living nature blooming insolently forever” B. A term that means nothing except for the signification given to it by the user C. “A confession and a complaint” D. All of the above...

Which of the following statements regarding Oscar Wilde is false ?

A. His career ended when he was jailed for criminal “gross indecency.” B. He believed that art should be something more than the reproduction and appreciation of the natural world. C. Wilde was the author of such poems as “Bénédiction,” “L’Albatros,” and “élévation.” D. He was notorious for his use of paradox....

Jazz music is described by which of the following characteristics ?

A. A way of questioning Victorian moral conceptions B. A musical invention of the modern age that allows for experimentation of form C. An example of subjective artistic expression D. All of the above...

Which of the following literary terms is NOT commonly deployed in Post- Colonial theory ?

A. Mimicry B. Ambivalence C. Hybridity D. Serendipity...

Of the following, who was NOT a well known modernist author ?

A. James Joyce B. Voltaire C. Virginia Woolf D. Y.B. Yeats...