Context — Modernism and Cultural Crisis (HSC SSCE English Advanced): Quizzes
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How many people did WWI kill according to Eliot's historical context?
How many people did WWI kill according to Eliot's historical context?
10 million
Which year became Modernism's annus mirabilis (miraculous year)?
Which year became Modernism's annus mirabilis (miraculous year)?
1922
What is Eliot's 'mythic method'?
What is Eliot's 'mythic method'?
Using myths to impose order on chaos
What is an 'objective correlative'?
What is an 'objective correlative'?
Objects evoking emotion indirectly
When did Eliot convert to Anglo-Catholicism?
When did Eliot convert to Anglo-Catholicism?
1927
The Hollow Men's epigraph 'Mistah Kurtz—he dead' comes from which work?
The Hollow Men's epigraph 'Mistah Kurtz—he dead' comes from which work?
Heart of Darkness
What was Ezra Pound's influential command to Modernist poets?
What was Ezra Pound's influential command to Modernist poets?
'Make it New!'
How many people did London contain between 1900 and 1930?
How many people did London contain between 1900 and 1930?
6 million
What is philosophical solipsism, central to Eliot's dissertation on F.H. Bradley?
What is philosophical solipsism, central to Eliot's dissertation on F.H. Bradley?
Certainty only of one's own mind
What does 'neurasthenia' mean in Eliot's fin-de-siècle context?
What does 'neurasthenia' mean in Eliot's fin-de-siècle context?
Nervous exhaustion