This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Introductions > Literary Criticism > Literary Criticism – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Criticism Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What question might someone doing an historicists criticism ask? A) What social classes do I see represented in the text?. B) Does the main character seem similar to other main characters in several other novels I've read?. C) What was going on in the world during the time when the author published the book?. D) Why did the author break the chapters where they did?. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Does the main character seem similar to other main characters in several other novels I've read?. 2. It is the reader that you think the author had in mind while writing. A) Active reader. B) Implied reader. C) Ideal reader. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Implied reader. 3. A theme is usually expressed as ..... A) An idea, like love, PLUS what I think the author is saying about the idea. B) An idea, like love. C) A quote from the piece, like "I am the darker brother". D) A summary of what the piece is about, like "A man hears what's going on around him and says it's America". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idea, like love, PLUS what I think the author is saying about the idea. 4. ..... ..... emphasizes the importance of the author's life and background into account when analyzing a text. A) Biographical Criticism. B) Literary Criticism. C) Postcolonial Criticism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Biographical Criticism. 5. Which among the following is NOT used in Formalism? A) Figures of speech. B) Grammar. C) Literary devices. D) Elements of literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grammar. 6. Main area of interest in Criticism:The function of poetry. A) William Wordsworth. B) Henry James. C) Matthew Arnold. D) Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matthew Arnold. 7. These are the different perspectives we consider when looking at a piece of literature. A) Literary Theories. B) Literary Criticisms. C) Critical approach. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary Criticisms. 8. What are some examples of formalist criticism? A) The boy in striped pajamas, book of ruth. B) Thirteen reasons why, lolita. C) Pocahontas, halfway road, mother india. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The boy in striped pajamas, book of ruth. 9. It is a genre of academic writing that briefly summarizes and critically evaluates a work or concept. A) Argumentative. B) Essay. C) Draft. D) Critique. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Critique. 10. 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. A) Psychoanalytic Criticism. B) New American Criticism. C) Gender Criticism. D) Marxist Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marxist Criticism. 11. It didn't take me long to realize that there was something unusual about my new next-door neighbor. My brother Tad and I were kicking a soccer ball around in the front yard when the moving van pulled up. A few minutes later, a car pulled into the driveway and a woman stepped out. Although the day was hot and sunny enough to send trickles of sweat down my back, the woman was all bundled up. She wore a full-length coat over her slacks, and a floppy straw hat swallowed her head. White netting hung down from the hat's brim, hiding her face. Long black gloves topped off her bizarre outfit. Was she just wearing a bunch of her clothes because it was easier than packing them? Or did she have something to hide? She said something to the men in the van, then hurried up to the front door, unlocked it, and disappeared inside. The next morning her car had disappeared into the garage. I never saw it parked outside again. Sometimes after dark, I noticed headlights pulling out of her driveway, even though I hadn't seen her car all day. I decided something suspicious was going on and dug my binoculars out of a box in the closet so I could figure out what. My binoculars didn't help much. All day long, our new neighbor kept her drapes closed. Why would she do that? No matter how carefully I watched, I never saw her venture outside during the day, but sometimes when I looked out of my window at night, I saw her walking by our house. One evening after work, Mom took over some cookies and introduced herself. She said our new neighbor seemed nice. "But why don't we ever see her outside during the day?" I asked. "She's probably too busy, Emily, " my mom answered. "She has her own desktop publishing business." She can't be busy every day, I thought. Why doesn't she come outside? The entire summer passed without our mysterious neighbor stepping foot outside until night blanketed the neighborhood. Finally, Tad asked the question we'd both been thinking but had not dared to ask. "Do you think she could be a vampire?"At the start of the story, Emily is curious because ..... A) Her brother Tad tells her that their new neighbor is strange. B) She does not see a car pull up when her new neighbor arrives. C) Her new neighbor is dressed in an extremely unusual way. D) She sees that her neighbor refuses to speak to the movers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Her new neighbor is dressed in an extremely unusual way. 12. New Criticism considers text as a A) Historical Context. B) Linguistic Creation. C) Cultural Construct. D) Autotelic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autotelic. 13. Complete this statement:"Literary Criticism asks what literature is, what is does, and ..... " A) What its purpose. B) What is its genre. C) What it is worth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) What it is worth. 14. Aristotle requires what types of emotions to be purged? A) Pity& joy. B) Fear & joy. C) Joy & terror. D) Pity & fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pity & fear. 15. A Criticism that views a text as a revelation of its author's mind and personality. It is based on the work of Sigmund Freud. A) Phsycological. B) Physiological. C) Physio analysis. D) Psychological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychological. 16. According to Plato poetry is ..... A) Imitation of reality. B) Imitation of an imitation. C) Imitation of the world. D) Imitation of the Divine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imitation of an imitation. 17. Name the work by Longinus? A) On the Sublime. B) Sublime. C) The History of Literary Criticism. D) Sublime and Thought. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) On the Sublime. 18. His catchphrase is a work of art is the result of given causes". A) Matthew Arnold. B) Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. C) William Wordsworth. D) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. 19. It concerns about the emotions of the readers when reading a text A) Mythological-Archetypal Approach. B) Reader-Response. C) Structuralism. D) Formalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reader-Response. 20. In readers' response criticism, reading becomes ..... A) A transaction/exchange. B) A process of creating meaning and experiences. C) A way of understanding the context of the text. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A transaction/exchange. 21. All of the following are types of literary criticism EXCEPT A) Psychoanalytic. B) Structuralist. C) Archetypal. D) Historical. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structuralist. 22. What degree did Corazon finish from the story "Minsan may isang Gamo Gamo" ? A) BS NURSING. B) BS PHARMACY. C) BS MEDICINE. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) BS NURSING. 23. During what age was Socrates born? A) Bronze. B) Dark. C) Pink. D) Golden. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Golden. 24. Large Monopoly Owner A) The Proletariat. B) The Aristocracy. C) The Bourgeoisie. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Bourgeoisie. 25. What made the Disney Movie Cinderella Marxist? A) Cinderella married a prince. B) Cinderella got a fairy god-mother. C) Cinderella lived happily ever after at the end of the movie. D) Cinderella was maltreated by her step mother and step sisters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cinderella was maltreated by her step mother and step sisters. 26. It studies a text as only a text, its features like rhymes, cadences, and literary devices in an isolated way, not attempting to apply their own opinion.Example:In the analysis of haiku, the focus is five-seven-five syllables three lined structure of the poem and other literary devices that was used A) HISTORICAL. B) FEMINIST. C) MORALIST. D) FORMALIST. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) FORMALIST. 27. What are the two components of a 'Sign'? A) Signifier and sign. B) Sign and signified. C) Signifier and signified. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Signifier and signified. 28. Which Greek Philosopher wrote Poetics A) Shakespeare. B) Socrates. C) Plato. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aristotle. 29. Aristotle's Poetics is divided into ..... chapterrs A) 24. B) 36. C) 26. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26. 30. Which is Aristotle's theoretical treatise on the nature and functions of poetry? A) Topics. B) Poetics. C) Categories. D) Metaphysics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poetics. 31. Which of the following is the earliest text of Indian aesthetics? A) Kavyadarsa. B) Kavyalamkara. C) Rasagangadhara. D) Natyasastra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natyasastra. 32. What is the beginning sound of zebra? A) /z/. B) /c/. C) /g/. D) /d/. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) /z/. 33. If I am examining the behavior of a character, which theory would I use? A) Historical. B) Reader response. C) Psycho-analytical. D) Gender. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Psycho-analytical. 34. What is the first step in writing a critique? A) Study the work under discussion. B) Make notes on key parts of the work. C) Consider how the work relates to a broader issue or context. D) Develop an understanding of the main argument or purpose being expressed in the work. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Study the work under discussion. 35. It represents a fascination with the inherent dignity and beauty of the primitive/undeveloped other. A) Hubris. B) Dulce et utile. C) Exotic Other. D) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exotic Other. 36. Who is known as the father of English criticism? A) Dryden. B) Sydney. C) Dr. Johnson. D) Pope. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dryden. 37. Who wrote "A Rose for Emily" ? A) William the great. B) William Faulkner. C) William Folkmer. D) William Revillame. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) William Faulkner. 38. Distinguish between abidha and lakshana. A) Primary and literal meaning. B) Secondary meaning and suggested meaning. C) Literal meaning and indicative meaning. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Literal meaning and indicative meaning. 39. What is a prefix? A) The main definition of a word. B) A word part added to the beginning of a word. C) The original Latin form of a word. D) The part of a word that carries its core meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word part added to the beginning of a word. 40. To which discipline does Plato associate poetry? A) Art. B) Democracy. C) Logic. D) Philosophy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Democracy. 41. What is the soul of tragedy A) Thought. B) Plot. C) Spectacle. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 42. Which of the following is the least important? A) Plot. B) Character. C) Thought. D) Spectacle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spectacle. 43. It was the evidence that Emily was still sleeping beside his partner even he's dead. A) String of hair. B) Smell. C) Ring. D) Necklace. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) String of hair. 44. According to "I am a Filipino" they are the ancestors of the Filipino A) Malayan. B) Mangyan. C) Alibata. D) Aita. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Malayan. 45. What is the effect of tragedy on the audience? A) Anagnorisis. B) Peripeteia. C) Katharsis. D) Hamartia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Katharsis. 46. Who is the first literary critical theorist in English? A) Charles Lamb. B) Edmund Spenser. C) Francis Bacon. D) Sir Philip Sidney. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sir Philip Sidney. 47. It is a type of literary critique that judges the value of the literature based on its moral lessons or ethical teachings. A) Moralist. B) Feminist. C) Marxist. D) Structuralist. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moralist. 48. It refers to people who have been displaced or dispersed from their homelands, and who possess and share a collective memory and myth, and the nostalgic reminiscence of "home" A) Indios. B) Mythemes. C) Collective unscious. D) Diaspora. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaspora. 49. The Romantic Movement was initiated by the publication of ..... A) Songs of Experience. B) Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard. C) Songs of Innocence. D) Lyrical Ballads. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lyrical Ballads. 50. According to Lacan, ' the unconscious is structed like ..... ' A) Dream. B) Maze. C) Conscious mind. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Language. 51. IDENTIFICATION:I study the language used in the literary work so that it is understandable. A) Formalism. B) Marxism. C) Structuralism. D) Feminism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Structuralism. 52. Marxist Criticism is not only a mirror which reflects society but is also a(n) ..... A) Dynamic participant in the shaping of culture. B) A neutral or unemotional process. C) Examination of the elements of the plot. D) Look into how genders react to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dynamic participant in the shaping of culture. 53. New Historicism approaches the text from a ..... lens and views the ..... as a part of history itself. A) Feminist; books. B) Historical; literary text. C) Formalist; author. D) Structuralist; works. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical; literary text. 54. Maximum time frame allowed according to the unity of time is ..... A) 12 Hours. B) 3 hours. C) 24 hours. D) 5 Hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 24 hours. 55. The ..... is/are the evaluation of literary works. A) Literary Theories. B) Literary Criticism. C) Literary Approaches. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literary Criticism. 56. ..... is a term which is linked to Aristotle, meaning a tragic flaw or error. A) Inertia. B) Hamartia. C) Nemesis. D) Dike. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hamartia. 57. Who directed Minsan may isang Gamo Gamo? A) Ninoy Aquino. B) Lupina Aquino. C) Marina Gonsalez. D) Erich Gonsalez. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lupina Aquino. 58. Who is the author of On the Sublime? A) Horace. B) Plato. C) Longinus. D) Demosthenes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Longinus. 59. It is a paradigm of dramatic structure outlining the seven key steps in successful storytelling:exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution, and denouement. A) Jung unconscious. B) Freytag's pyramid. C) Literary foil. D) Mythemes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Freytag's pyramid. 60. Reader Response Theory charges that readers are likely to read and interpret a text ..... A) Differently. B) Critically. C) Quickly. D) Similarly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Differently. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesLiterary Criticism Quiz 1Literary Criticism Quiz 3Literary Criticism Quiz 4Literary Criticism Quiz 5Literary Criticism Quiz 6Literary Criticism Quiz 7 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books