Quiz: Understanding Breaking Traditions APEX

30 August 2022
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Which scenario most clearly symbolizes guilt?
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I looked at my hand and saw a strange black mark. I tried to rub it, but the stain wouldn't come off!
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Which writer was known to use stream of consciousness in her work?
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Gertrude Stein
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Which is the best example of stream of consciousness writing?
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When I land, I'll first see my aunt and then my uncle, my uncle who always has some crazy project in his workshop — won't this flight ever end?
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What is a characteristic of internal monologue in Modernist writing?
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It jumps from topic to topic.
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Which sentence most clearly uses imagery?
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The snakes hissed and writhed in the box.
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Which of the following 20th-century figures influenced Modernist literature through his groundbreaking work on the subconscious?
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Carl Jung
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The most prominent object was a long table with a tablecloth spread on it. . . . An épergne or centre-piece of some kind was in the middle of this cloth; it was so heavily overhung with cobwebs that its form was quite undistinguishable. . . . "What do you think that is?" she asked me, again pointing with her stick; "that, where those cobwebs are?" . . . "It's a great cake. A bride-cake. Mine!" What does the cake most likely symbolize?
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Lost love
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Which of the following sentences most clearly uses allusion?
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"Nice job, Einstein," said Rhonda, smirking sarcastically.
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We go to Ernest when we're in trouble. He's the Bill Gates of Mayville. What does the allusion in this passage most clearly show?
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Ernest is wealthy.
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How did studies on the subconscious influence the literary movement of Modernism?
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Modernist writers tried to show the subconscious thoughts of their characters.