20th Century – MCQs

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1.In his plays Murder in the Cathedral and The Cocktail Party, what elements did T. S. Eliot strive to blend, albeit with limited success?

2.Which British dominion gained its independence in 1921-22 after the 1916 Easter Rising?

3.Which groundbreaking approach or theory is Sigmund Freud, the prominent early 20th-century intellectual, most famously linked to?

4.Which of the following scientific or technological breakthroughs did not occur within the first 15 years of the 20th century?

5.How did the Education Act of 1870, which made elementary education mandatory, influence literature?

6.Which novel did T. S. Eliot commend for introducing a new "mythical method" as a replacement for the traditional "narrative method," illustrating how ancient mythology can be employed in modernist literature to enable art to engage with the modern world?

7.What major change has occurred in British theatre following the removal of censorship in 1968?

8.What was the original name of the Irish Literary Theatre?