Which of the following statements accurately characterizes the relationship between Italian Futurism and its historical context ?
Correct answer: D. All of these answers
- A. The Italian Futurists were fascinated by the age of electric and chemical power, and they praised the beauty of automobiles.
- B. The Italian Futurists lived within a quickly changing social world, and they praised speed.
- C. Marinetti and other Italian Futurists supported Mussolini's fascism.
- D. All of these answers
Explanation
All three statements reflect Italian Futurism: it celebrated technological power and automobiles, glorified speed, and later aligned itself with Mussolini’s Fascism. The combination of aesthetic modernity and political nationalism is central to its historical context.
Report an error
The more specific you are, the faster it gets fixed. A source beats an opinion.
Prefer email? [email protected]
Practise Literary Movements and Periods
529 free Literary Movements and Periods MCQs from English Literature, each with the correct answer and an explanation. Unlimited attempts, no account needed.
Discussion
Stuck on an option, or know a faster way to get there? Ask or explain it here.
No comments yet. Be the first to explain this one.
Exams that ask English Literature questions like this
English Literature is on 2 papers prepared for on TestUstad, and all of them draw the same bank, so this question is worth knowing for every one of them.
More Literary Movements and Periods questions
H.D.'s poem "Oread" reads: "WHIRL up, sea-/Whirl your pointed pines./Splash your great pines/On our rocks./Hurl your green over us-/Cover us with your pools of fir." To which of the following categories does this poem belong ?
Which of the following descriptions does NOT pertain to the Imagists ?
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between Georgian poetry and English World War I poetry ?
Which of the following figures is the author of the 1909 "Futurist Manifesto" ?
Why was World War II a defining event in the history of the 20th century ?
Which of the following statements best characterizes the contrast between T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" and the futurist aesthetic project ?