Ezra Pound’s “Cantos” may be called a modernist epic, though its form ultimately defies classification. Pound’s poem alludes to which of the following epic poems ?

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Which of the following statements best characterizes the form of Claude McKay’s poem “The Harlem Dancer” ?

A. It is an English sonnet. B. It is an Italian sonnet. C. It is a Spenserian sonnet. D. It is a free verse poem....

H.D.’s poem “Oread” reads: “WHIRL up, sea-/Whirl your pointed pines./Splash your great pines/On our rocks./Hurl your green over us-/Cover us with your pools of fir.” To which of the following categories does this poem belong ?

A. Objectivist poetry B. Futurist poetry C. Imagist poetry D. Vorticist poetry...

Which of the following statements best characterizes Langston Hughes’s poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” ?

A. It is a meditation on the alienation of the modern person from nature. B. It is a meditation on the cultural isolation of African Americans in New England. C. It is a meditation on the communal and historical aspects of individual identity. D. It is a meditation on the poet’s personal experience of assimilation....

According to W.E.B. Dubois in his Atlantic Monthly essay, “The Strivings of the Negro People,” what are some of the personal consequences for an African- American living in a racist society at the beginning of the 20th century ?

A. Feeling like an outcast in your own house B. Becoming a stuttering sycophant just to survive C. Wrapping yourself in the armor of anger and resentment D. All of the above...

According to Professor Hammer, which of the following characteristics did Langston Hughes share with modernist poets like William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Hart Crane, and Robert Frost ?

A. Hughes was very conscious that he was an American poet, and this profoundly influenced his writing. B. Hughes wrote about the legacy of the American Civil War and its long-term cultural consequences. C. Hughes introduced new subject-matter and new language into poetry. D. Both A and C...