WorksheetsTHIRD QUARTER TEST (PART 2) IN ENGLISH 10
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 42mins
Why is learning to critique, and be critiqued, important?
Critiquing teaches you how to be an art critic.
Good critiques tell you how much to charge.
Strong critiquing skills can help improve your skills as a photographer.
You learn how to handle insults.
What is the number one rule when critiquing?
Be Kind.
Be mean.
Make fun of people.
Play
Remember critiquing is to________.
Be mean to the creator
Punish the creator.
To help the creator make his or her work even better than it already is.
To judge other people.
Describe this painting
African mask on white paper, artist unknown, 9x13 inch, A
Hairy, brown, glue, straw
Round shapes, clear paper, and the artist signature
Squares, boxes, lines and paper
When I am looking at how the elements and principles are used in a painting I am doing what?
Analyzing the painting
Colors
Judging
Looking for the colors
When I am talking about what the artist was thinking I am ________________ the painting
Calling the artist
I am going to sell it
I am interpreting the art work
Looking to buy
When I talk about the elements and principles in this painting I am ___________ it.
Describing and analyzing
Enhancing the colors
Making it work
Showing and displaying
When I talk about the artist, title, medium and size of the art work I am ____________ it.
Coloring
Describing
Marking
Talking about buying it
What type of criticism deals with social issues that were happening during the time period in which the piece was published?
Formalist criticism
Historical criticism
Marxist criticism
Reader Response criticism
What type of criticism focuses mainly on your own reaction to the text?
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Reader Response Criticism
A critic who focuses on diction would be looking through what type of lens?
Historical
Archetypal
Formalist
Reader-response
Feminist Criticism includes all these EXCEPT for one.
How to make feminist readings visible to readers
How to make feminist readings visible to viewers
How women do not like male writers
How women read about themselves
One of the strengths of Feminist Criticism is ___________.
It divorces literature from its larger cultural context
It examines how women and men are represented
It ignores the author's intentions
It only examines one element of the text
One of the strengths of New Historicism is that _____________.
Interpretation depends on the structure of the text
Meaning is not emotionally charged
The plot tends to be minimized.
The purpose of analyzing literature is to locate hidden social messages.
Formalist Criticism studies all of the following elements EXCEPT for one.
Character development
Character's motivations
Point of view
Reader's emotions
Formalism is sometimes analyzed and written as ___________.
A close reading
A focus on inter-textual connections
A gender study
A study of patterns
When a Marxist critic reads a text, he or she ___________.
Always reviews all types of documents such as government records, periodicals, periodicals, etc.
Considers primarily how the women are represented in the text
Looks for the power struggles and these operate and with what consequences.
Looks for the themes of the story
Marxist Criticism is not only a mirror which reflects society but is also a(n) ____________.
A neutral or unemotional process
Dynamic participant in the shaping of culture
Examination of the elements of the plot
Look into how genders react to each other
They seek to give us answers to these questions, in addition to aiding us in interpreting literature EXCEPT for one.
How do we read
What do we read
When do we read
Why do we read
According to Marx’s ideologies, which is the greatest factor in judging someone’s life experiences?
Area of residence
Level of education
Socioeconomic status
Social status
In order to distinguish between all of the dwarves, the author chose names according to their personalities and characteristics, making it easier for the reader to distinguish them.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Reader response Criticism
The Beast, a wealthy prince, is able to steal an innocent, young poor girl and drag her away to his castle, never to return to her working class family, just because he is lonely and wants company.
Feminist Criticism
Historical Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Throughout the Lord of the Rings trilogy the fellowship doesn’t contain a single strong female character, and while there are some female side characters none of them really come to the forefront of importance.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
In order to create a more realistic world, JRR Tolkien created several languages and myths as part of the linguistic tapestry of The Lord of the Rings novels.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Feminist Criticism depicts and questions which of the following?
Gender roles and equality
Effects of colonization
Psychology
Social classes
What does Marxism Critical Literary Theory focus on?
Prosperity through economic, social, and political advantage.
Struggle through economic, social, and political advantage.
The life of Karl Marx.
Understanding the world.
Which of the following responses to a story is the most specific?
I didn't like the plot. It wasn't clear why events took place, so the story wasn't logical.
I didn't like the story. It wasn't interesting. Nothing much happened.
I liked the characters, and the plot was good. This was a great story.
I liked the characters. They seemed like nice people. The main character was especially nice
All of the following traits describe a believable character EXCEPT for one.
Behaving as actual people do
Expressing emotions that fit a situation
Making decisions that readers can relate to
Lacking flaws and seeming to be perfect
A story is described as historical if __________.
It is based on real people or events from the past
The action takes place over the course of many years
The characters learn from their past experiences
The writer lived many years ago
Feminist literary theory could be described as ____________.
A relatively new theory , from 2000 onwards
Criticizing male characters in literature
Focusing only on stories with strong female role models
The struggles women face in society and the ways these struggles are reflected and questioned (or not) in literature
Name the lens: Lady MacBeth characterizes women as evil, cunning, and social climbing and characterizes men as violent and easily manipulated.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Reader Response Criticism
Name the lens: Reading The Hobbit makes me want to leave my everyday life and go on an adventure.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Reader Response Criticism
Name the lens: The novel Animal Farm shows how the workers suffer and the wealthy farmer benefits from their pain.
Feminist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist criticism
Reader Response Criticism
Name the lens: Fiona in the movie Shrek challenges the stereotype of a weak princess waiting to be saved by a prince.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Reader response Criticism
What lens you are using when you are performing a close reading?
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
The following question is one that would consider which of the following type of critic:
What moral statement does this story make?
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Historical Criticism
Moralist Criticism
The following question is one that would consider which of the following type of critic:
What view of life does the story present?
Feminist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Reader response Criticism
Which of these literary lenses think the READER is most important?
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Historical Criticism
Reader Response Criticism
Which of these literary lenses think the TEXT is most important?
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Historical Criticism
Reader response Criticism
In the fairytale Snow White, a prince is needed in order to wake up Snow White by giving her a “true love’s kiss”. This is demonstrating that women need, and have to rely on men to survive, when in reality women have every capability of surviving on their own.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Historical Criticism
Reader response Criticism
Living amongst royalty does not always mean that one is happy and content with their life; for example, in the novel, Snow White, the princess chooses to leave the Kingdom and to live in the woods with the working class dwarves rather than be a part of the oppressive ruling class.
Feminist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Reader response Criticism
In the movie “Beauty and the Beast”, the women who follow Gaston around act as a stereotype on how women are dependent on men and metaphorically follow them through life.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Historical Criticism
Reader response Criticism
In order to create a more realistic world, JRR Tolkien created several languages and myths as part of the linguistic tapestry of The Lord of the Rings novels.
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
In the novel 1984, Winston Smith, a low ranking member of 'the Party', is frustrated by the omnipresent eyes of the party, and its ominous ruler Big Brother. 'Big Brother' controls every aspect of people's lives and represents the government's control over its people.
Historical Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Reader response Criticism
If I want to focus on the symbolism in the Handmaid's Tale, I would look through what lens?
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Reader-response Criticism
If I want to focus on the time period that Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet was written I would choose this literary lens:
Historical Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Reader response Criticism
If I want to focus on how literary devices used in a text develop a theme I would choose this literary lens:
Feminist Criticism
Formalist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Reader-response Criticism
Which critical lens is being used: Both Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark establish wealth as a form of "super power", creating an connection between heroism and privilege.
Historical Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
Reader response Criticism
Which critical lens is being used: How does Mary Shelly's specific word choice contribute to ambiguity in terms of whether Frankenstein or Frankenstein's Monster is the antagonist of the novel?
Formalist Criticism
Historical Criticism
Marxist Criticism
Moralist Criticism
