Pastiche, intertextuality, metafiction, temporal distortion, paranoia, etc. are specific features of

a) modernism;

b) postmodernism;

c) realism;

d) romanticism.

31. The story of Hemingway’s novel “For Whom the Bell Tolls” is set during

a) the Cuban Revolution;

b) The Spanish Civil War;

c) World War I.

32. David Herbert Lawrence’ novel “Sons and Lovers” reveals the idea that

a) the mother has no power in her sons’ lives, the bond between mother and sons is just her illusion;

b) the mother holds her sons with her love and control, the bond between mother and sons cripples their other relationships;

c) the mother is the strongest power in her sons’ lives, the bond between mother and sons makes them happy.

33. In “The Rainbow” D.H. Lawrence focuses his attention on psychological problems and familial relationships of

a) The Morels;

b) The Brangwens;

c) The Chatterleys.

34. _______ is Iris Murdoch’s experimental novel which centers on the life and erotic obsession of a writer, Breadly Pearson. The text suggests multiple interpretations, when subordinate characters contradict the narrator.

a) “The Black Prince”;

b) “The Sandcastle”;

c) “Bruno’s Dream”.

35. Indicate which statement is not true: T. S. Eliot’s “The Journey of the Magi” is

a) a lament about the future death of the pagan world;

b) a joyful account of the wonders of the journey;

c) a complaint about a journey that was painful and tedious.

36. The philosophical movement that had an impact on Iris Murdoch’s works is

a) Logical Positivism;

b) Existentialism;

c) Marxism.

Is an art movement supporting the ideas that a life had to be lived intensely, with an ideal of beauty; beauty was considered the basic factor of art; the Arts should provide refined sensuous pleasure, rather than convey moral or sentimental messages.

a) Impressionism;

b) Expressionism;

c) Aestheticism;

d) Symbolism.

38. John Galsworthy’s “The Forsyte Saga” is a series of novels in which the first book is

a) “To Let”;

b) In Chancery;

c) “The Man of Property”.

39. Determine the literary trend that is characterized by the following: the unconscious life of the mind is as important as the conscious; our perceptions of life are uncertain and provisional; the intense, but isolated image is something that must be in the centre of the author’s attention; supposedly primitive myths can help to grasp and order the complexity of the twentieth century experience, etc.

a) realism;

b) modernism;

c) romanticism.

40. ______ is a dystopian novel describing a fictitious world of constant war and a society held captive by the ever-watchful gaze of a shadowy totalitarian dictator known as "Big Brother.

a) “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley;

b) “Nineteen Eighty-Four” by G. Orwell;

c) “Animal Farm” by G. Orwell.

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