Vocab 16 and before Quiz

What is the purpose of literary criticism?

• to enjoy reading a book

• to explain what is wrong with a book

• to think about the bigger social and cultural ideas in literature

• to entertain the reader with an interesting plot, character, and dialogue.

What is New Historicism?

• A type of literary criticism that looks at the historical and cultural conditions in which a literary work was made.

• The study of history by itself.

• A way of examining the presentation of economic conditions in a work of literature.

• A system of analyzing the way women's roles in society are reflected in literature.

What is Marxist literary criticism?

• A type of literary criticism that looks at the historical and cultural conditions in which a literary work was made.

• The study of history by itself.

• An analysis of the presentation of economic conditions in a work of literature.

• A system of analyzing the way women's roles in society are reflected in literature.

What is feminist literary criticism?

• A type of literary criticism that looks at the historical and cultural conditions in which a literary work was made.

• Literary criticism that focuses on the personal connections a reader makes to the literary work.

• An analysis of the presentation of economic conditions in a work of literature.

• A system of analyzing the way women's roles in society are reflected in literature.

What is an example of peripeteia?

• A star athlete suffers an accident that breaks both their legs

• A computer scientist realizes that the world is more likely a digital simulation than not

• A proposed alien invasion of Earth is abandoned because we have nothing worth stealing

• A sudden reversal of circumstances

What is an example of anagnorisis?

• when Esperanza describes the Vargas kids as being kind of rowdy

• when Bri Jackson realizes that it's worse to be seen as something you are not than to be invisible

• when Himmelstoss orders Paul to clean the bathroom again

• when a character realizes or recognizes the truth about themselves, another character, or their situation

This is a synonym for aggressive:

• benevolent

• belligerent

• casus belli

• zeitgeist

This means wealthy, or having the appearance of wealth:

• pretentious

• gelded

• gilded

• dystopian

This describes a tranquil time or place:

• dystopian

• gilded

• belligerent

• idyllic

In 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. The reason Russia's leader gave, or ____________, was that most Ukrainians wanted to be part of Russia.

• dystopian

• gilded

• belligerent

• casus belli