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WorksheetsSummative Test 2 - 21st Century Literature
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which of the following questions may be asked when examining a literary text sociocultural context?
How will knowing about the author amplify your appreciation of the work?
What aspects do you think the author struggled with during the revision?
Does the story or poem accept or challenge the prevailing social order in the text?
Do innovations play a large role in the narrative?
Reading through the _________ context requires you as a reader to relate the text with the author’s life and experiences.
biographical
political
sociocultural
linguistic
All questions can be used in analyzing a text through a sociocultural context except _________.
What is the prevailing social order?
Who has the power? Who does not?
Is there oppression or class struggle?
What is the structure of the text? Is it a narrative?
Sophia is a firm believer of women’s rights and feminism. Their literature professor asked their class to write a socio-cultural critique on Romeo and Juliet. Which of the following should Sophia do?
Read the play thoroughly and look for prevailing sociocultural factors that may affect it.
Write a critique from her ideologies that is more suitable for the play.
Center her critique on Juliet as the female protagonist of the play.
Look for the women characters in the play and focus her critique on them.
According to Abrams, the primary duty of the artist was no longer to serve as a mirror reflecting outer things, but instead to externalize the internal, and make one's “inner life” the primary subject of art. This is known as _________.
Mimetic Theory
Pragmatic theory
Expressive theory
Objective theory
Which of the following may help you in reading a literary work by examining its biographical context?
events that are currently happening
political stand of other authors
signatures of the text that the author has written
significant events in the author’s life
Which is the BEST reason why literature and history are closely interrelated?
Literature mirrors the events of history.
Literature has its own history and history has its history.
The feelings, aspirations, customs, and traditions are also written in literature.
Literature is life and history.
In this kind of literary reading, we examine the connection between a literary text and society, history, _________ ideologies, and other sociocultural factors.
biographical
political
sociocultural
linguistic
James is assigned to write a critical essay on T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” Which of the following should he do?
Analyze the language, structure, and meaning of the poem.
Discuss the poem with her friend and write her friend’s interpretation.
Discuss only the structural pattern of the poem.
Read about the life of T.S. Eliot and write its summary as an essay.
Anne is reading Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. Which of the following will help her understand the socio-cultural context of the novel?
the biography of Chinua Achebe
the publisher of the novel
the history of Nigeria
the style of writing of Chinua Achebe
Reading through a _________ context focuses on the language used in the literary work and how it is used to convey meaning.
biographical
political
sociocultural
linguistic
Under this theory, the poem came to be considered a “heterocosm” which functions independently and according to its own set of rules and has been the dominant mode for criticism for at least half of the 20th century.
Mimetic Theory
Pragmatic theory
Expressive theory
Objective theory
Which of the following is true of literary reading through a Biographical Context?
Knowing the year when the work was written will not help in understanding the text.
Knowing the year when the work was written is important to the author only.
Knowing the year when the work was written will always appear in exam questions.
Knowing the year when the work was written can help you understand the text.
Which of the following are reasons to read a literary work by examining its linguistic context?
to find the meaning of the text within its form
to interpret the text by analyzing the imagery
to understand the social, economic, and cultural forces affecting the literary work
to see how much the author’s experiences shape the work directly or indirectly
Which of the following is not a question asked when analyzing the text?
Is there enough evidence to support the author’s argument?
What is the author’s background that may have led to or influenced his or her position?
Why did the author take that particular position?
What can you infer about the text based on the title?
What approach of interpretation considers literature as a "mirror" of the world and reality and focuses on the relationship of the text and universe?
Objective Theory
Mimetic Theory
Pragmatic Theory
Expressive Theory
What approach of interpretation is interested in the relationship between text and audience, specifically on its effect on the readers?
Mimetic Theory
Pragmatic Theory
Expressive Theory
Objective Theory
What interpretation approach is concerned with the text-author relationship and considers the author's creative intent?
Mimetic Theory
Pragmatic Theory
Expressive Theory
Objective Theory
What interpretation approach focuses on the analysis of the text in isolation?
Mimetic Theory
Pragmatic Theory
Expressive Theory
Objective Theory
Who is the author of the Cebuano text "One Day on the Road"?
Timothy A. Adlawan
Temistokles M. Adlawan
Miguel A. Adlawan
Sherwin M. Adlawan
