Which of the following statements regarding Oscar Wilde is false ?

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Which of the following best describes “stream of consciousness” narrative in the modern period ?

A. Stream of consciousness often relies upon “free association” of ideas. B. Stream of consciousness is the capturing of the interior monologue of the narrator. C. Stream of consciousness attempts to accurately capture the external dialogue of various characters in a realistic setting by an objective observer. D. A and B only...

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of “Naturalism” as an artistic and literary movement ?

A. Naturalism is a search for scientific certainty. B. Naturalism depicts humans as reasonable and objective. C. Naturalism depicts the more “animalistic” tendencies of humans. D. Naturalism considers the author or artist to be like a scientist....

Which of the following descriptions of the “Avant-Garde Movement” is false ?

A. The avant-garde, a military term meaning “advanced guard,” was founded in France in the mid-19th century. B. The term avant-garde itself means “advanced guard,” and the military role of the advanced guard and the role of the avantgarde art movement are much of the same. C. The realist painter Gustave Courbet never considered himself … Which of the following descriptions of the “Avant-Garde Movement” is false ?Read More...

What famous modernist short story compares the universe to an infinite library of hexagonal galleries ?

A. Joyce’s “The Dead” B. Hemingway’s “My Old Man” C. Woolf’s “A Haunted House” D. Borges’ “The Library of Babel”...

In Jorge Luis Borges’ “The Library of Babel,” which of the following is NOT a major concern of the work ?

A. The short work speaks of the daunting search for truth and knowledge. B. It is obsessed with the descriptions of an endless and ultimately incomprehensible library. C. Borges takes great pains to show how the key to understanding the library is reason. D. The library is analogous to the universe....