This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Comparative > Comparative Literature – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Comparative Literature Quiz 1 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Comparative literature emerged in ..... A) 19th century. B) 18th century. C) 17th century. D) 15th century. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 19th century. 2. Salah Abdul-Sabur does not show much interest in myths. Instead, he uses ..... to link the past with the present A) Visual imagery. B) Historical figures. C) Myths. D) Impersonality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical figures. 3. The concept of influence is definitely a part of ..... school of comparative study. A) French. B) American. C) Russian. D) Geneva. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) French. 4. What is the process that marks the American school, marked by the formation of literary comparisons in Europe, and influenced by the newly critical thinking in the nineteenth century? A) The process of comparative literature. B) The process of equalizing comparative literature. C) The process of depoliticizing comparative literature. D) The process of historical circumstances. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The process of depoliticizing comparative literature. 5. What is intertextuality in Comparative Literature? A) The study of visual arts in relation to literature. B) The influence of historical events on literary works. C) The interconnectedness and references between different literary texts. D) The impact of technology on literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The interconnectedness and references between different literary texts. 6. The founding father of the American school of comparative literature is ..... A) His. B) Jean Marie Carre. C) Henry Remak. D) Baudelaire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Henry Remak. 7. Which of the following is a key element of Comparative Literature? A) Studying only classical literature. B) Focusing solely on literary criticism. C) Analyzing works from multiple cultures and languages. D) Restricting the study to one literary genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyzing works from multiple cultures and languages. 8. The study of languages and texts is known as: A) Philology. B) Linguistics. C) Semiotics. D) Hermeneutics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Philology. 9. In reception studies, what does the term "reception" refer to? A) The act of writing a literary work. B) The way a literary work is understood and received by readers, critics, and cultures. C) The author's intentions when writing a text. D) The historical context of a literary movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The way a literary work is understood and received by readers, critics, and cultures. 10. French comparatists believe that ..... A) Direct influence needs no documentary information. B) There can never be indirect influence. C) Indirect influence can take place through translations. D) Influence can never exist between two different writers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indirect influence can take place through translations. 11. What is the main objective of Comparative Literature? A) To analyze literature from a single country or region. B) To compare different literary works written in the same language. C) To study the impact of literature on society. D) To explore connections between literary works across different cultures and languages. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To explore connections between literary works across different cultures and languages. 12. It was begun a literature compare in 1860 ..... A) France. B) Germany. C) America. D) England. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany. 13. Who did coin the term VIshwyasahity? A) Goethe. B) Amaya Dev. C) Tagore. D) Spivak. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tagore. 14. What does interdisciplinarity in comparative literature involve? A) Isolating literature from other academic disciplines. B) Exploring the relationships between literature and various academic disciplines. C) Focusing solely on the historical context of literary works. D) Ignoring the cultural influences on literary texts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exploring the relationships between literature and various academic disciplines. 15. Weisstein's approach to Genre Studies emphasizes that literary genres are: A) Fixed and unchanging. B) Shaped by societal influences and readers' responses. C) Strictly defined by specific conventions. D) Only applicable to certain time periods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Shaped by societal influences and readers' responses. 16. Comparative Literature draws from various theoretical approaches, including: A) History and Archaeology. B) Psychology and Biology. C) Economics and Politics. D) Postcolonial Theory and Feminism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Postcolonial Theory and Feminism. 17. What happened in western countries in the 1950s and early 1960s regarding comparative literature? A) The ambitious Western scholars turned to comparative literature as a radical theme. B) The Western litterateurs turned to comparative literature as a radical theme. C) Western scholars turned to comparative literature as a radical theme. D) The ambitious Western litterateurs turned to comparative literature as a radical theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The ambitious Western scholars turned to comparative literature as a radical theme. 18. Comparative literature expanded its scope by incorporating postcolonial and cultural studies perspectives during which period? A) Post-War period. B) Renaissance. C) Romantic Era. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Post-War period. 19. A direct ..... is marked when there is an actual contact between writers beyond culture, language and space. A) Contact. B) Reference. C) Influence. D) Formula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Influence. 20. The process of 'reception'is not coincidental or mechanical but rather ..... A) Symbolic. B) Rational. C) Systematic. D) Problematic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Systematic. Next →Related QuizzesComparative Literature Quiz 2Comparative Literature Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books