Multiple Choice Quiz

After you have finished studying the chapter, test yourself by answering the sample quiz questions. The correct answers will be revealed after you have finished the quiz. If you have answered any question incorrectly, return to the chapter to review the pertinent material.

1		The postmodern concern with language is most evident in the poetry of
			A)	Eliot and Yeats.
			B)	Oates and Walcott.
			C)	Snyder and Achebe.
			D)	Paz and Ashbery.
2		Kubrick's 2001 A Space Odyssey was based on
			A)	an actual event.
			B)	a medieval legend.
			C)	a short story.
			D)	none of the above.
3		The effort to achieve a "theory of everything" is configured in
			A)	Chaos theory.
			B)	String theory.
			C)	Deconstruction.
			D)	Language theory.
4		The term "postmodern" was first introduced in association with
			A)	architecture.
			B)	music.
			C)	sculpture.
			D)	painting.
5		Snyder's "Smokey the Bear Sutra" expresses his concern with potential
			A)	global war.
			B)	computer-style dehumanization.
			C)	ecological disaster.
			D)	all of the above.
6		A major theme in Achebe's story, Dead Men's Path, is
			A)	African disunity.
			B)	age versus youth.
			C)	religion versus science.
			D)	tradition versus innovation.