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Quiz 1 TV criticism

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Derive from Greek word, Krinien, what is criticism?

a)

To comprehend

b)

To evaluate

c)

To legitimize

d)

To comment

2.

Studies showed by the time student finishes high school they would have spent ________ hours

a)

10,000 hours

b)

20,000 hours

c)

30,000 hours

d)

40,000 hours

3.

TV is also known as the __________ box

a)

Cereal

b)

Square

c)

Idiot

d)

Dynamic

4.

Which is not the reason to have a serious critical analysis of TV?

a)

Interpret and understand

b)

Critically evaluate

c)

Provides information, insights

d)

To produce more TV critics

5.

TV is also known as a mass society or _________ culture

a)

global

b)

intricate

c)

popular

d)

media

6.

______ art consists of technically complex and thematically unique creative forms produced by an identifiable artist.

a)

Fine

b)

Gold

c)

Elite

d)

Titanium

7.

_____ art commercially distributed, standardized artistic forms that lack the complex individualism typical of elite art

a)

Mess

b)

More

c)

Expand

d)

Mass

8.

The art of criticism involves organising, ______, analysing, interpreting and evaluating the patterned relationships among symbols in individual texts

a)

constructing

b)

tolerating

c)

masking

d)

describing

9.

_____ statement expresses the central, critical insight​. It is NOT a statement of fact, NOT an announcement & NOT a vague opinion​

a)

Thesis

b)

Discourse

c)

Elemental

d)

Critical

10.

_____ argument that develop the thesis – may be framed in a form of a question OR interpretive proposition

a)

Illogical

b)

Critical

c)

Logical

d)

Robust

11.

There are four criteria for evaluating TV criticism except

a)

Does it provide sufficient evidence for he claims in the essay?

b)

Does it offer a plausible rational for its cultural, critical or practical significance?

c)

Does it possess internal consistency?

d)

Does it cause an astute reader to reject the critical interpretation argued in the essay

12.

Auteur in French simply means __________

a)

Actor

b)

Auteurism

c)

Author

d)

Authentic

13.

According to Andre Bazin (1957), auteur criticism is a _____ approach that involves choosing in the ____creation the personal factor as a criterion of reference, then postulating its permanence and progress from one work to the next

a)

critique, arts

b)

critical, artistic

c)

artistic, critical

d)

fundamentals, creative

14.

Auteurism dates back from the publication of __________ 1954 by French director and critic Francois Truffant.

a)

Cashmiere du Cineque

b)

Cahiers du Cinema

c)

Cinema du Cash

d)

Cynical au revoir

15.

John Caughie argued that one of the strengths of auteur criticism is that it addresses aesthetic matters because of ____

a)

mise-en-scene

b)

artistic expression

c)

aesthetics

d)

scene by scene

16.

Mise-en-scene (meez-on-sen) means_____

a)

Everything that creates the artistic "world" of the movie and its overall atmosphere

b)

Everything that creates the aesthetic "world" of the movie and its overall atmosphere

c)

Everything that creates the visual "world" of the movie and its overall atmosphere

d)

Everything but background story which creates the visual "world" of the movie

17.

These are the steps taken to conduct auteur-centered criticism excepts

a)

Select the auteur’s work to study. Look at the credits of TV series you watch

b)

Locate example episodes of all the television series/films by the auteur.

c)

Examine recurring features and recurring thematic motives

d)

Identify expression of the emotions, experiences and worldview of an artist

18.

Which are these director are not necessarily known as an auteurism director

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.

The three stages of critical analysis are

a)

Aha! Reaction: 3-stage communication activity that begins with a personal critical reaction or a critical question.

b)

Responses– other readers give feedbacks.

c)

Communicating critical insight: This leads to the sharing of critical insights e.g. By writing an essay

d)

Recurring use of lavish, glamorous sets that emphasize wealth & class

20.

Critical methods or concepts to explain or interpret television/film text​

a)

Formulate critical questions

b)

Find existing critical approach or formulate new one using theoretical/analytical concepts

c)

Use these analytical tools to deconstruct particular television/film texts.

d)

Select the text you are going to analyse, the critical question & the tools to help analyse that question.​

21.

Criticism is a process of communicating our ______ and ______ of the meanings of television/film texts with others.

a)

thoughts, interpretations

b)

emotions, feelings

c)

thoughts, assumptions

d)

interpretations, arguments

22.

Most critical analyses are between _____ pages

a)

10-20 pages

b)

20-30 pages

c)

15-25 pages

d)

25-35 pages

23.

Critic must support the interpretive proposition (thesis) or answer the critical question by elaborating on the ideas/arguments and provide evidences

a)

Proof

b)

Length

c)

Timeliness

d)

Concept

24.

The ambiguous status of the text except

a)

Stability-Instability

b)

Production-Reception

c)

Multiple Codes

d)

Semiotic

25.

What is text?

a)

Weaved composition with a beginning, a middle and an end

b)

Arbitrary composition with a beginning, a middle and an end

c)

Written composition with a beginning, a middle and an end

d)

Ambiguous composition with a beginning, a middle and an end

26.

Barthes posits, text is both _____ because it always is in process, always being remade by somebody for some purpose.

a)

stable, instable

b)

secure, insecure

c)

clear, unclear

d)

lack, full

27.

What are the other two elements that would improved Ferdinand de Saussure's diagram of signs

a)

denotation

b)

connotation

c)

figurative

d)

explanation

28.

Text is ambiguous because its meaning depends on who’s _____, the constructing of meanings.

a)

making

b)

weaving

c)

answering

d)

contemplating

29.

Written script, action framed in a set, speeches of an actor, aural _____ like effects & music.

a)

codes

b)

conduct

c)

compassion

d)

moral

30.

Text; is a ___of codes working in a number of levels

a)

number

b)

exclusion

c)

variety

d)

elements