Literary Criticism Quiz

What is the purpose of literary criticism?

• To explain different peoples' views and responses to literature

• To complain about works of literature

• To analyze and evaluate works of literature from different perspectives

• To find personal value in all views of literature

What are literary theories?

• Set of ideas intended to explain or deepen understanding of a piece of literature

• Ways of looking at a work of literature by focusing on style choices, plot devices, and character interactions

• Filters that alter how you view and talk about a text

• All answer choices are correct

What are the benefits of studying a work from multiple perspectives?

• All answer choices are correct

• Understanding and appreciating different views

• Affirming your own perspective

• Deepening your understanding of the author's work

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does studying a text from multiple perspectives involve?

• Agreeing with all the perspectives studied

• Blending or merging multiple perspectives into a single interpretation

• Ignoring other perspectives and focusing only on your own

• Putting your own view on hold and entertaining other views

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What does the Feminist Lens analyze in a text?

• Gender-related issues

• Patterns in human behavior

• Economic and class structures

• Historical contextual information

Which lens examines society through economic and cultural theories?

• Feminist Lens

• Formalism Lens

• Psychological Lens

• Socio-Historical Lens

Why would an author use multiple perspectives? (Select all that apply)

• Offers a more comprehensive view of events, characters and situations.

• To create confusion and ambiguity, making it harder for readers to connect with any specific character in the story.

• Allows for different viewpoints, motivations, and experiences.

• To limit the scope of the narrative, focusing solely on the perspectives of the main characters and excluding alternative viewpoints.

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the purpose of the Gender Theory Lens?

• To analyze economic and class structures

• To analyze historical contextual information

• To analyze gender-related issues

• To analyze patterns in human behavior

Which lens focuses on the relationship between the reader's experience and the text?

• Feminist Lens

• Formalism Lens

• Reader Response Lens

• Marxist Lens

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What is the main idea behind the Reader Response Lens?

• Literature has no objective meaning

• The reader's experience is irrelevant

• The author's intention is the most important

• The text should be analyzed based on historical context