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English 10 Literary Criticism

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The appearance of the poem, The Grasshopper, on the page does not resemble, by any stretch of the imagination, a grasshopper leaping.

a)

Does not say

b)

False

c)

Maybe

d)

True

2.

The Grasshopper can be seen as:

a)

moralism

b)

historical

c)

reader - response

d)

structuralism

3.

Which of the following statement is TRUE?

a)

Structuralism attempts to interpret what an individual text means.

b)

Structuralism acknowledges the importance of the author.

c)

Structuralism is concerned with how meanings are created.

d)

Structuralism makes an attempt to decide whether a work is good or bad.

4.

He has written The Emperor’s New Sonnet.

a)

Angela Manalang-Gloria

b)

August Strindberg

c)

Joi Barrios

d)

Jose Garcia Villa

5.

The Emperor’s New Sonnet tells its readers that sometimes, we need to view things as innocent as a child would so that we could plainly see what true beauty is, free from all social conditioning that often warps their perspective on things.

a)

Does not say

b)

false

c)

maybe

d)

true

6.

In the novel Crime and Punishment, Raskolnikov commits murder for all of the following reasons EXCEPT which?

a)

He plans to use the stolen goods to support his mother

b)

He believes he’s being led towards murder by various coincidences.

c)

He has formulated a theory that some men have the right to kill.

d)

He wants to prove himself capable of taking decisive action.

7.

What movement delves that literature must teach philosophical issues and its values for society and individuals?

a)

Feminism

b)

Historical

c)

Moralism

d)

Structuralism

8.

She is a pawnbroker whom Raskolnikov meets in an apartment.

a)

Alyona Ivanovna

b)

Lizaveta Ivanovna

c)

Marfa Petrovna

d)

Pyotr Petrovich

9.

It examines the way that the female consciousness is depicted by both male and female writers.

a)

Feminism

b)

Formalism

c)

Historical

d)

Moralism

10.

Most of the poems written by Joi Barrios Rape can be classified under what approach?

a)

Feminism

b)

Formalism

c)

Historical

d)

Moralism

11.

Which style did the author use in writing “The Yellow Wallpaper”?

a)

dialogue between characters

b)

flashback

c)

series of notes

d)

stream of consciousness

12.

In the story, what is the occupation of the woman’s husband, John?

a)

Dentist

b)

Optometrist

c)

Psychiatrist

d)

Psychologist

13.

At the end of the passage of the Yellow Wallpaper, it becomes clear that the narrator:

a)

is truly weak, just as her husband is suggesting

b)

feels justified for disobeying her husband

c)

has a disturbing dislike for the wallpaper in her bedroom

d)

is suffering from “nervousness” in part because of her captivity in the room

14.

What approach strives to understand a literary text, specifically poems, through its lines, verses, rhyme scheme, meter, stanzas, and etc?

a)

Feminism

b)

Formalism

c)

Marxism

d)

Moralism

15.

Revolt from Hymen is an example of this approach:

a)

Feminism

b)

Formalism

c)

Marxism

d)

Moralism

16.

Literature reveals how the author, reader, and characters demonstrate an awareness or lack of awareness of their economic and social situations and what oppresses them.

a)

Feminism

b)

Formalism

c)

Marxism

d)

Moralism

17.

Which literary theories look at the condition of the society?

a)

Marxism and Feminism

b)

Formalism and Structuralism

c)

Structuralism and Historical

d)

Feminism and Formalism

18.

Which literary theory believes that the meaning of the text changes every time you read?

a)

Formalism

b)

Historical

c)

Reader-response

d)

Structuralism

19.

identify what MOST APPROPRIATE literary criticism is being depicted by the pictures. Choose the letter of the best answer.

a)

Formalism

b)

Historical

c)

Feminism

d)

Structuralism

20.

identify what MOST APPROPRIATE literary criticism is being depicted by the pictures. Choose the letter of the best answer.

a)

Formalism

b)

Historical

c)

Feminism

d)

Marxism

21.

identify what MOST APPROPRIATE literary criticism is being depicted by the pictures. Choose the letter of the best answer.

a)

Formalism

b)

Moralism

c)

Structuralism

d)

Marxism

22.

identify what MOST APPROPRIATE literary criticism is being depicted by the pictures. Choose the letter of the best answer.

a)

Formalism

b)

Moralism

c)

Feminism

d)

Marxism

23.

identify what MOST APPROPRIATE literary criticism is being depicted by the pictures. Choose the letter of the best answer.

a)

Formalism

b)

Moralism

c)

Feminism

d)

Marxism

24.

What is best illustrated by the following pictures given? Choose the letter of the best answer.

a)

HALF A SHEET OF PAPER

b)

RAPE

c)

REVOLT FROM HYMEN

d)

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

25.

What is best illustrated by the following pictures given? Choose the letter of the best answer.

a)

HALF A SHEET OF PAPER

b)

RAPE

c)

REVOLT FROM HYMEN

d)

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

26.

What is best illustrated by the following pictures given? Choose the letter of the best answer.

a)

HALF A SHEET OF PAPER

b)

RAPE

c)

REVOLT FROM HYMEN

d)

THE YELLOW WALLPAPER

27.

What core value is best personified by the characters in each given situation?


A rapist confessed his crime after being tormented by his guilt for months.

a)

EXCELLENCE

b)

JUSTICE

c)

PIETY

d)

SERVICE

28.

What core value is best personified by the characters in each given situation?


John did his best to help cure the illness of his wife.

a)

EXCELLENCE

b)

JUSTICE

c)

PIETY

d)

PEACE

29.

What core value is best personified by the characters in each given situation?


Prosecutors always look at the impartiality in different cases like rape.

a)

EXCELLENCE

b)

JUSTICE

c)

PIETY

d)

PEACE

30.

What core value is best personified by the characters in each given situation?


Women who were traumatized in these immoral events were given support systems.

a)

EXCELLENCE

b)

JUSTICE

c)

PEACE

d)

SERVICE