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Modernism Quiz

Last updated 8 months ago
20 questions
5

Match the painting with the cultural movement:

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Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Romanticism
Transcendentalism
Dark Romantic
Gothic
Modernism
5

Match the quick summary to the cultural movement

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
loner in the city --> disillusioned or disenchanted with tradition --> nihilism
Romanticism
melancholy artist --> Nature --> Inspiration/Truth
Transcendentalism
there are monsters in these woods, but none as bad as myself... --> Agonizing or tomenting truth that leads to madness or death
Dark Romanticism
escape society --> Nature --> Enlightenment --> share Truth with society, optimism
Gothic
dark and spooky woods --> dark revelations or disillusionment --> depressed/trapped feelings, guilt, pessimism
Modernism
1

What architectural movement coincided with modernism?

1

Which of the following causes of Modernism created "generational trauma"?

1

This "generational trauma" became the label for this generation, after Gertrude Stein famously coined the term the ________________ in a letter to Ernest Hemingway.

1

Which of the following was NOT a major contributor to the development of Modernism?

1

The modern "attitude" could be described as all of the following EXCEPT

1

The belief/mindset that held the most sway culturally over this Modern period:

1

Which Gatsby quote below best exemplifies that belief/mindset of the previous question?

1

During this movement, which of the following literary styles was developed in which the author gave direct treatment of the "thing" as itself, and focused on showing the reader the thing instead of telling the reader what to think about this thing?

1

During this movement, which of the following literary styles was developed in which the author poured a continuous flow of narrative free verse without censoring out erroneous details or controlling their style formally.

1

Which of the following literary devices was most iconically used in Modernism?

1

In Modern literature, symbolism can best be described as...

1

The "individual" in Modern literature is treated in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

by Robert Frost (1916)

Robert Frost (1874-1963) was an American Modernist whose poems often interestingly depict rural scenes from the New England countryside in contrast with the urbanizing world. "The Road Not Taken" is one of Frost's most well-known poems.
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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
1

In stanza one, what is the speaker's issue?

1

By the end of the poem, what does the speaker decide?

1

What defines the path they choose?

1

The speaker's tone can best be described as...

1

Which of the following best captures a central theme of this poem?

3

How is the poem "The Road Not Taken" an example of Modernism or Modern ideas, values, or sentiments?

Explain using at least two direct quotes, aim for 100+ words.
NOTE: You may copy/paste your quotes from the poem above, but no other text should be marked as copy/paste.