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WorksheetsHISTORICAL APPROACH
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
What is the conflict of the story My Story by Rosa Parks?
Racism and Injustice
Unfairness and Discrimination
Racism and unfair treatment
All of the above
What is the race of Rosa Parks?
African
African American
American
Both B & C
Historical approach focuses on understanding ideas except for one.
Understanding the author’s life
Looking back into history
Gathering and recording of data
Knowing the turning points of the history
What is one thing that we need to look into when studying historical approach?
Modern perspectives
The context of the period
Only the text itself
Purely fictional elements
What historical issue is highlighted in My Story?
World War 2
Women’s rights
Racial segregation
Industrialization
The Historical Approach helps readers understand a literary work by considering its ____/jobs?
Genre
Historical context
Vocabulary
Length
Why must readers avoid judging historical texts by modern standards alone?
It weakens emotional impact
It risks misunderstanding the original context
It removes symbolic meaning
It limits interpretation
The theme gains historical weight because it ______?
appeals to universal values
emerges from segregation-era realities
emphasizes justice
encourages emphaty
It shows to the time and the place the story takes place.
Character
Plot
Settings
Theme
What is the primary focus of the Historical Approach in literary criticism?
The grammatical structure of the text
The life of the author and the time period in which the work was written
The personal emotional response of the reader
The universal archetypes found within the story
What is the PRIMARY risk of reading My Story without applying the historical approach?
The reader may misinterpret the text as propaganda rather than a historical facts
The narrative may appear overly technical
Rosa Parks’ action may be misunderstood as a minor act rather than historical resistance
The story may seem disconnected from literature
When was the incident of refusing bus seat happened?
1945
1950
1948
1955
Where was the incident happened?
Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomary, Alabama
Montgomairy, Alabama
Montgomerry, Alabama
From a historical-approach perspective, which interpretation would be considered an ERROR?
Relating Rosa Parks’ experience to Civil Rights Law
Using her narrative to understand everyday life under segregation
Treating the refusal to give up her seat as symbolic resistance rooted in its time
Evaluating her actions mainly through modern concepts of individual freedom
Which conclusion demonstrates the MOST accurate application of the historical approach in analyzing My Story by Rosa Parks?
The narrative illustrates how Rosa Parks’ moral judgment influenced her decision within a moment of personal conflict shaped by social pressure.
The text reveals the presence of racial discrimination by portraying the emotional and psychological struggles experienced by the author.
Rosa Parks’ action can be understood as an expression of courage that challenged social expectations and inspired collective awareness.
The significance of Rosa Parks’ refusal emerges from the interaction between individual agency and historically enforced systems of racial control.
