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1302 Literary Criticism Quiz

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 16mins

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1.

Some of the types of literary criticism covered in the PowerPoint are Formalist, Feminist, and _________________.

a)

Psychoanalytic

b)

Structuralist

c)

New Historicism

d)

Sociological

2.

Feminist Criticism includes all these except for _________________.

a)

how to make feminist readings visible to readers

b)

how to make feminist readings visible to readers

c)

how women read about themselves

d)

how women do not like male writers

3.

One of the strengths of Feminist Criticism is ___________.

a)

it only examines one element of the text

b)

it examines how women and men are represented

c)

it ignores the author's intentions

d)

it divorces literature from its larger cultural context

4.

One of the strengths of New Historicism is that __________________________.

a)

the plot tends to be minimized.

b)

interpretation depends on the structure of the text

c)

the purpose of analyzing literature is to locate hidden social messages.

d)

meaning is not emotionally charged

5.

New Historicism approaches the text from a _________________ lens and views the __________ as a part of history itself.

a)

structuralist; works

b)

formalist; author

c)

feminist; books

d)

historical; literary text

6.

Formalist Criticism studies all of the following elements except for ________________________.

a)

reader's emotions

b)

point of view

c)

character development

d)

character's motivations

7.

Formalism is sometimes analyzed and written as ________________________.

a)

a focus on inter-textual connections

b)

a study of patterns

c)

a gender study

d)

a close reading

8.

One of the weaknesses of Formalism is that _____________________.

a)

it assumes that readers can refrain from investing emotionally in their reading

b)

it only examines one element of the text which is gender

c)

examines how and to what effect ancient sources are used

d)

it dismissed the beauty of writing and does not allow the reader to simply enjoy the text.

9.

When a Marxist critic reads a text, he or she _____________________.

a)

considers primarily how the women are represented in the text

b)

looks for the power struggles and these operate and with what consequences.

c)

looks for the themes of the story

d)

always reviews all types of documents such as government records, periodicals, periodicals, etc.

10.

Marxist Criticism is not only a mirror which reflects society but is also a(n) _______________________________.

a)

look into how genders react to each other

b)

dynamic participant in the shaping of culture

c)

examination of the elements of the plot

d)

a neutral or unemotional process