This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Criticism > Literary Criticism – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Criticism Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which language is "On the Sublime" written in? A) Latin. B) Roman. C) Greek. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Greek. 2. What does "patriarchy" mean? A) Any culture that privileges men by promoting traditional gender roles, and penalizing women when they stray from those roles. B) The clergy of the Catholic or Episcopal Church; the religious authorities. C) The regular business given to a store, restaurant, or public service by a person or group. D) Follow the Bro Code. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Any culture that privileges men by promoting traditional gender roles, and penalizing women when they stray from those roles. 3. What does catharsis mean? A) A purging of all emotions. B) Experiencing desirable emotions. C) A purging of undesirable emotion. D) A purging of desirable emotions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A purging of undesirable emotion. 4. A sample question for this theory:What genre is the text? A) Formalism. B) Mythological-Archetypal. C) Reader Response. D) Post Structuralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Formalism. 5. IDENTIFICATIONThe study of language used in the literary work so that it is understandable. A) Feminism. B) Formalism. C) Marxism. D) Linguistics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Linguistics. 6. ANALOGY:If Formalism is to Literary Devices, then ..... is to Ladies' Lives. A) Structuralism. B) Feminism. C) Marxism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Feminism. 7. One of the strengths of New Historicism is that ..... A) The plot tends to be minimized. B) Interpretation depends on the structure of the text. C) The purpose of analyzing literature is to locate hidden social messages. D) Meaning is not emotionally charged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The purpose of analyzing literature is to locate hidden social messages. 8. Who was a student of Socrates? A) Plato. B) Alexander the Great. C) Aristotle. D) Pericules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plato. 9. Main area of interest in Criticism:Criticism of novel as genre. A) Hippolyte Adolphe Taine. B) William Wordsworth. C) Matthew Arnold. D) Henry James. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Henry James. 10. It refers to the genre of writing whereby an author critiques a literary text. Literary texts include poetry and works of fiction like short story, fables, fairytales, plays, myths, and novels. A) Literature. B) Master piece. C) Critiquing. D) Literary criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Literary criticism. 11. She is sunshine that brightens my day A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 12. It refers to the purification or purgation of the emotions (especially pity and fear) primarily through art. A) Hubris. B) Mimesis. C) Othering. D) Catharsis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Catharsis. 13. The following are Sigmund Freud's theory of mind except ..... A) Id. B) Ego. C) Super Ego. D) Super Id. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Super Id. 14. ANALOGY:If Formalism is to Literary Devices, then ..... is to Social Division A) Reader's response. B) Feminism. C) Marxism. D) Psychoanalytic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marxism. 15. In Psychoanalytic criticism, a literary work's 'overt' or open content is associated with ..... mind. A) Unconscious. B) Subconscious. C) Conscious. D) Superconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conscious. 16. Which philosopher did not write any books based on the belief that debating was better than writing? A) Plato. B) Aristotle. C) Longinus. D) Socrates. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Socrates. 17. Which of the following schools of literary criticism will you primarily be using to write your research paper? A) Historical. B) Biographical. C) Psychoanalytical. D) Post-Colonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historical. 18. Docero delictendo means ..... A) Delighting and entertaining. B) Poetic justice. C) Pity and fear. D) Three unities. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Delighting and entertaining. 19. Name the author of the work " Anxiety of Influence" A) Harold Bloom. B) Allen Tate. C) Sigmund Freud. D) Derrida. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harold Bloom. 20. A Marxist Critic should ..... A) Determine class for major or minor characters. B) Analyze how class affects the character's Personality, Actions, Beliefs, Hopes, Fears. C) Analyze Disparities between the economic classes. D) All the answers are correct. 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