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CRITICAL APPROACHES TO LITERATURE

Total questions: 95

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

________ _________ emphasize the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning.

a)

Formalist Criticism

b)

Literary Criticism

c)

Feminist Criticism

2.

________ _________ focuses on the roles, positions, and influences of women within literary texts.

a)

Marxist Criticism

b)

Feminist Criticism

c)

Formalism

3.

Types of Literary Criticism include: (Tick all 3 possible answers)

a)

historical criticism

b)

formalism

c)

feminism

d)

gender role

4.

Types of Literary Criticism include: (Tick all 3 possible answers)

a)

Reader-Response Criticism

b)

Gender Criticism

c)

Short Story

d)

Sociological Criticism

5.

What type of criticism focuses mainly on your own reaction to the text?

a)

Archetypal Criticism

b)

Formalist Criticism

c)

Reader Response Criticism

d)

New Criticism

6.

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.

a)

Gender Criticism

b)

Archetypal Criticism

c)

Marxist Criticism

d)

Formalist Criticism

7.

He is the proponent of Marxist criticism which literary works are viewed as the product of work and whose practitioners emphasize the role of class and ideology as they reflect, propagate, and even challenge the prevailing social order.

a)

Nelson Mandela

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Joe Biden

d)

Robert Scholes

8.

It investigates the social, cultural, and intellectual context that produced it. This investigation includes the author's biography and the social milieu.

a)

Formalist Criticism

b)

Feminist Criticism

c)

Historical Criticism

d)

Reader response Criticism

9.

Determine the critical approached use in this example:


Think of "Twinkle Twinkle" as an example. The reader would notice the repetition of the word twinkle and consider connotation and denotation of the word. It would notice the first person speaker of the poem. He would note the use of simile in the 4th line (like a diamond in the sky). He would note the refrain of the first two lines in lines 5 and 6, and he would mark the meter and the rhyme scheme. Once the poem was literally dissected, then the reader can consider how those elements work together to create the meaning of the poem as a whole.

a)

Feminist Criticism

b)

Historical Criticism

c)

Formalist Criticism

d)

Reader-response Criticism

10.

Determine the critical approached used in the example:

a)

Historical Criticism

b)

Gender Criticism

c)

Marxism Criticism

d)

Feminist Criticism

11.

It is sometimes called lenses, which are different perspectives we can consider when looking at a piece of several pieces of literature.

a)

Critical Approaches in literature

b)

Journalism

c)

Argumentative essay

d)

writing discourse

12.

Determine the critical approach use in the graphic organizer:

a)

Reader response criticism

b)

Feminist Criticism

c)

Formalist Criticism

d)

Historical Criticism

13.

Determine the critical approach use in the example:

a)

Reader response Criticism

b)

Sociological Criticism

c)

Marxist Criticism

d)

Gender Criticism

14.

Determine the perception of the critic in the example:

a)

Feminist

b)

Marxist

c)

Formalist

d)

Reader response

15.

The following are feminist EXCEPT _________.

a)
b)
c)
d)
16.

It focuses on the act of reading and how it affects our perception of meaning in a text lies with how the reader responds to it.

a)

Formalist Criticism

b)

Reader-Response Criticism

c)

Sociological Criticism

17.

Psychological Criticism is based on the work of _____________.

a)

Sigmund Freud

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Howard Gardner

18.

________ emphasizes the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning.

a)

Biographical Criticism

b)

New Historicist Criticism

c)

Formalist Criticism

19.

He is the proponent of Marxist criticism which literary works are viewed as product of work and whose practitioners emphasize the role of class and ideology as they reflect, propagate, and even challenge the prevailing social order.

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Sigmund Freud

c)

Robert Scholes

20.

It argues that every literary work is a product of its time and its world.

a)

New Historicist Criticism

b)

Marxist Criticism

c)

Biographical Criticism

21.

It argues that we must take an author’s life and background into account when we study a text.

a)

Biographical Criticism

b)

Gender Criticism

c)

Sociological Criticism

22.

It is concerned with the role, position, and influence of women in a literary text.

a)

Feminist Criticism

b)

Marxist Criticism

c)

Formalist Criticism

23.

Some sociological criticisms can be extracted from: (tick all 2 possible answers)

a)

Marxist Criticism

b)

Feminist Criticism

c)

Formalist Criticism

24.

In the fairy tale 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.

a)

Gender Criticism

b)

Marxist Criticism

c)

Formalist Criticism

25.

It is sometimes called lenses, which are different perspectives we can consider when looking at a piece of several pieces of literature.

a)

Critical Approaches to Literature

b)

Journalism

c)

Writing Discourse

26.

This tries to balance the power of men and women in literature through writing books on women's empowerment.

a)

Marxist

b)

Reader-Response

c)

Formalism

d)

Feminism

27.

This asks the question when was the work written?

a)

Historical

b)

Reader-Response

c)

Biographical

d)

Feminism

28.

The life of the writer is reflected in the work.

a)

Historical

b)

Reader-Response

c)

Biographical

d)

Feminism

29.

It focuses on the work itself.

a)

Formalism

b)

Reader-Response

c)

Biographical

d)

Marxist

30.

This approach centers on the value of the society and how the values are reflected in the literary work.

a)

Historical

b)

Reader-Response

c)

Marxist

d)

Formalism

31.

This answers the question of what is your interpretation of the literary work?

a)

Historical

b)

Reader-Response

c)

Marxist

d)

Formalism

32.

He is the man behind Marxist criticism.

(a)  

33.

What approach will you use if you are going to critique the series "Ang Probinsiyano"?

(a)  

34.

This approach was used in studying the Bible.

(a)  

35.

This form of criticism tries to correct a predominantly male-dominated critical perspective with a feminist consciousness.

(a)  

36.

This form of criticism points attention toward the idea that all language makes ideological statements about things like class, economics, race, and power.

(a)  

37.

This approach removes the focus from the text and places it on the reader instead by attempting to describe what goes on in the reader's mind while reading the text.

(a)  

38.

Critics in this approach see works as the reflection of an author's life.

(a)  

39.

This approach believes that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself.

(a)  

40.

This criticism identifies the reason why certain literature survives the test of time which works well with the texts that are highly symbolic.

(a)  

41.

Which of the approaches to literary criticism asks and enables the reader to examine, explain and defend his personal reaction about a literary piece?

a)

Formalist

b)

Marxist

c)

Moralist

d)

Reader-response

e)

Historical

42.

In this book, each sibling rebels and forges her own path forward while dealing with 19th century gender norms. - The criticism made use of the _________________ approach.

a)

Formalist

b)

Feminist

c)

Moralist

d)

Reader-response

e)

Historical

43.

The author, Victor Hugo clearly re-creates the teeming Paris of the late Middle Ages, with its sharp roofs and narrow, muddy streets, as well as the people, customs, and pageantry of fifteenth century France. The cathedral inspired Hugo to write the novel and encouraged his life long passion for Gothic art and architecture. What approach was used in the previous statements?

a)

Formalist

b)

Feminist

c)

Moralist

d)

Reader-response

e)

Historical

44.

Robert Frost's "The Road not Taken" is consist of four cinquain, and has a rhyme scheme. - Which approach was utilized to evaluate poem?

a)

Formalist

b)

Feminist

c)

Moralist

d)

Marxist

e)

Historical

45.

Literary criticism is an opinion supported by evidence.

a)

true

b)

false

46.

In critiquing a literary piece, we compare, interpret, analyze and revise.

a)

true

b)

false

47.

Literary pieces can be oral or written.

a)

true

b)

false

48.

The author is the only one who really knows the meaning of his literary work.

a)

true

b)

false

49.

5. In the film "Inside Out", I have learned that crying helps me slow down and obsess over the weight of life’s problems. - This is a statement that shows how the reader applied the _______________ approach in appreciating the literary work.

a)

Formalist

b)

Feminist

c)

Moralist

d)

Marxist

e)

Historical

50.

The Platform gives viewers a glimpse at what life looks like in a dystopian futuristic prison. Theirs is composed of vertically stacked cells, where inmates live in a somewhat real-life food chain. Each day at mealtime, food descends from above, feeding the upper tiers first and leaving those below them with only the scraps from above. - This can be analyzed through ______________ approach.

a)

Formalist

b)

Feminist

c)

Moralist

d)

Marxist

e)

Historical

51.

This critical approach in writing states that "meaning" arises as the reader experiences the text.

a)

feminism

b)

formalism

c)

reader-response

d)

marxism

52.

Which of the following activity is NOT a question in doing the reader-response approach?

a)

Examine/explain your personal reaction to a reading.

b)

Explore why you like or dislike the reading.

c)

Explain whether you agree or disagree to the author.

d)

Analyze the elements of a short story.

53.

It focuses on the structural purposes of a text/work. It is the study of a text/work without considering any outside influence.

a)

feminism

b)

biographical

c)

formalism

d)

reader-response

54.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

Who is narrating or telling what happens in the story?

a)

reader-response

b)

formalism

c)

feminism

d)

biographical

55.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

How do character, plot, and setting develop in the story?

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

marxism

d)

biographical

56.

This critical approach presents women as subjects of sociopolitical, psychological, and economic oppression.

a)

formalism

b)

marxism

c)

biographical

d)

feminism

57.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

What are the attitudes toward women held by the male characters?

a)

reader-response

b)

feminism

c)

formalism

d)

marxism

58.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

How do female characters perceive themselves in the text?

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

marxism

d)

biographical

59.

It concerned with issues of class conflict wealth, work, and and the various ideologies that surround these things.

a)

marxism

b)

formalism

c)

feminism

d)

reader-response

60.

It critiques the economic structure behind all social conditions and historical changes in the work.

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

biographical

d)

marxism

61.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

How do issues of social and economic status affect the characters and events in the work?

a)

reader-response

b)

biographical

c)

formalism

d)

marxism

62.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

How do the writer reflect his interest in the poem?

a)

marxism

b)

reader-response

c)

biographical

d)

formalism

63.

This critical approach argues that a text doesn't really exist in a meaningful way until a reader comes along.

a)

marxism

b)

feminism

c)

reader-response

d)

formalism

64.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

What is your interpretation of the poem?

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

reader-response

d)

marxism

65.

It emphasizes the roles, positions, and influence of women within a literary text.

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

reader-response

d)

marxism

66.

Formalist criticism is talking about ...

a)

to determine how such elements work together with the text's content to shape its effects upon

readers.

b)

by actual people and that understanding an author's life can help readers more thoroughly

comprehend the work.

c)

to understand a literary work

by investigating the social, cultural, and intellectual context that

produced it-a context that necessarily includes the artist's biography and

milieu.

d)

Originally an offshoot of

feminist movements, gender criticism today includes a number of

approaches.

67.

This approach reflects the effect that modern

psychology has had upon both literature and literary criticism. It's called ...

a)

Psychological Criticism

b)

Gender Criticism

c)

Biographical Criticism

d)

Historical Criticism

68.

This approach "begins with the simple but central insight that literature is

written by actual people and that understanding an author's life can help readers more thoroughly

comprehend the work."

a)

Formalist Criticism

b)

Biographical Criticism

c)

Historical criticism

d)

Gender Criticism

69.

According to you, Is it the same theory between Gender Criticism and Feminist Criticism?

a)

Yes. It is same.

b)

No. It's not same

70.

This approach "examines literature in the 

     the cultural, economic, and political context in which it is written or

     received," exploring the relationships between the artist and society.

a)

Sociological Criticism

b)

Psychological criticism

c)

Mythological Criticism

d)

Reader-Response Criticism

71.

Mythological Criticism is talking about ...

a)

This approach "examines literature in the 

     cultural, economic and political context in which it is written or

     received," exploring the relationships between the artist and society.

b)

This approach emphasizes "the recurrent universal

     patterns underlying most literary works."

c)

This approach takes as a fundamental tenet that

     "literature" exists not as an artifact upon a printed page but as a

     transaction between the physical text and the mind of a reader.

d)

"Each text creates limits to

     its possible interpretations." 

72.

This approach "rejects the traditional 

     assumption that language can accurately represent reality."

a)

Deconstructionist Criticism

b)

Reader-Response Criticism

c)

Mythological Criticism

d)

Sociological Criticism

73.

This approach takes as a fundamental tenet that

     "literature" exists not as an artifact upon a printed page but as a

     transaction between the physical text and the mind of a reader.

a)

Deconstructionist Criticism

b)

Mythological Criticism

c)

Reader-Response Criticism

d)

Sociological Criticism

74.

A key goal for historical critics is to understand the effect of

     a literary work upon its original readers. Is this definition talking about reader response criticism?

a)

Yes. It's correct

b)

No. It's wrong

75.

Marxist criticism "can illuminate political and economic

dimensions of literature other approaches overlook." Is this statement talking about sociological criticism?

a)

Yes. It's correct

b)

No. It's wrong

76.

______ tend to give us answers to these questions; what do we read, why do we read, and how do we read?

a)

Biographical Criticism

b)

Formalist Criticism

c)

Sociological Criticism

d)

Critical Approaches

77.

It focuses on economic, political, and cultural issues within a literary text.

a)

Biographical Criticism

b)

Formalist Criticism

c)

Sociological Criticism

d)

Critical Approaches

78.

It emphasizes the form of a literary work to determine its meaning, focusing on literary elements and how they work to create meaning.

a)

Biographical Criticism

b)

Formalist Criticism

c)

Sociological Criticism

d)

Feminist Criticism

79.

It emphasizes the importance of the author’s life and background into account when analyzing a text.

a)

Biographical Criticism

b)

Formalist Criticism

c)

Sociological Criticism

d)

Feminist Criticism

80.

_______focuses on the roles, positions, and influences of women within literary texts.

a)

Biographical Criticism

b)

Formalist Criticism

c)

Sociological Criticism

d)

Feminist Criticism

81.

This critical approach in writing states that "meaning" arises as the reader experiences the text.

a)

feminism

b)

formalism

c)

reader-response

d)

marxism

82.

Which of the following activity is NOT a question in doing the reader-response approach?

a)

Examine/explain your personal reaction to a reading.

b)

Explore why you like or dislike the reading.

c)

Explain whether you agree or disagree to the author.

d)

Analyze the elements of a short story.

83.

It focuses on the structural purposes of a text/work. It is the study of a text/work without considering any outside influence.

a)

feminism

b)

biographical

c)

formalism

d)

reader-response

84.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

Who is narrating or telling what happens in the story?

a)

reader-response

b)

formalism

c)

feminism

d)

biographical

85.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

How do character, plot, and setting develop in the story?

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

marxism

d)

biographical

86.

This critical approach presents women as subjects of sociopolitical, psychological, and economic oppression.

a)

formalism

b)

marxism

c)

biographical

d)

feminism

87.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

What are the attitudes toward women held by the male characters?

a)

reader-response

b)

feminism

c)

formalism

d)

marxism

88.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

How do female characters perceive themselves in the text?

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

marxism

d)

biographical

89.

It concerned with issues of class conflict wealth, work, and and the various ideologies that surround these things.

a)

marxism

b)

formalism

c)

feminism

d)

reader-response

90.

It critiques the economic structure behind all social conditions and historical changes in the work.

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

biographical

d)

marxism

91.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

How do issues of social and economic status affect the characters and events in the work?

a)

reader-response

b)

biographical

c)

formalism

d)

marxism

92.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

How do the writer reflect his interest in the poem?

a)

marxism

b)

reader-response

c)

biographical

d)

formalism

93.

This critical approach argues that a text doesn't really exist in a meaningful way until a reader comes along.

a)

marxism

b)

feminism

c)

reader-response

d)

formalism

94.

Identify the critical approach used in the given question/ point.

What is your interpretation of the poem?

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

reader-response

d)

marxism

95.

It emphasizes the roles, positions, and influence of women within a literary text.

a)

formalism

b)

feminism

c)

reader-response

d)

marxism