This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Theory > Literary Theory And Criticism – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Theory And Criticism Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is phenomenology? A) The examination of structures informing our conscious experience. B) The examination of desires informing our consciousness. C) The examination of our unconscious experience. D) The examination of intricate structures within our unconscious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The examination of structures informing our conscious experience. 2. What is the main goal of ethnic criticism? A) To bring attention to false Euro-centric paradigms. B) To rectify the double experiences of certain racial groups. C) To reconcile cultural identity with individual identity. D) All of the above answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above answers are correct. 3. "It is not rhyming and versing that maketh a poet no more than a long gown maketh an advocate" . Whose view is this? A) Shakespeare's. B) Marlowe's. C) Spenser's. D) Sidney's. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sidney's. 4. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was written by A) Wordsworth. B) Coleridge. C) Southey. D) Shelly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wordsworth. 5. Who called Dryden the Father of English Criticism? A) Joseph Addison. B) Dr. Johnson. C) Coleridge. D) Matthew Arnold. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. Johnson. 6. "Be Homer's works your study and delight. Read them by day and meditate by night." Who gives this advice to the poets? A) Dryden. B) Pope. C) Dr. Johnson. D) Addison. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pope. 7. Modern literary theory began with the work of which theorist? A) Ferdinand de Saussure. B) Viktor Shklovsky. C) Roland Barthes. D) Michel Foucault. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ferdinand de Saussure. 8. On the Sublime is considered A) A classical approach. B) Romantic approach. C) Neo-classical approach. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romantic approach. 9. The statements below are parts of the steps on "How to Explicate Poetry" . Which comes in as second to the last thing to do before writing a critical essay of a poem? A) Interpret the Poem. B) Introduce External Support. C) Analyze the Elements of the Poem. D) Evaluate the Poem. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Interpret the Poem. 10. What is the philosophical theory known as pragmatism? A) A maxim of logic developed by Charles Sanders Peirce. B) A theory of practical actions developed by William James. C) An idea used to guide conduct towards clear objectives. D) All of the above answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above answers are correct. 11. Who was the most illustrious disciple of Socrates? A) Sophocles. B) Plautus. C) Plato. D) Critus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plato. 12. Plato has a positive view of art, in so far as ..... A) It represents the nature. B) It contributes to the spiritual growth of people. C) It shows a tragedy. D) It imitates nobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It contributes to the spiritual growth of people. 13. "The tragic-comedy which is the product of the English theatre is one the most monstrous inventions that ever entered into a poet's thought." Whose view is this? A) John Dryden's. B) Alexander Pope's. C) Joseph Addison's. D) Dr. Johnson's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joseph Addison's. 14. With which feminist theorist is gynocriticism most closely associated? A) Elaine Showalter. B) Julia Kristeva. C) Lucy Irigaray. D) Louise M. Rosenblatt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Elaine Showalter. 15. Plato said that art is an imperfect reflection of the real world because A) Art presents only part of the world. B) Art describes only what appears and not what is real. C) Art tells lies about the world. D) Art is an exaggeration of the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Art describes only what appears and not what is real. 16. With which theorist is the concept imaginative geography associated? A) Julia Kristeva. B) Fredric Jameson. C) Terry Eagleton. D) Edward Said. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edward Said. 17. What is New Historicism? A) A theory that sees history as a form of writing and discourse. B) A theory that abandons the idea of history as an imitation of events. C) A theory that regards history as a series of narratives. D) All of the above answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above answers are correct. 18. Aristotle and Plato belong to ..... phase of criticism. A) Hellenic. B) Hellenistic. C) Renaissance. D) Graeco-Roman. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hellenic. 19. According to Jacques Lacan, the mirror stage is the point at which a child: A) Refuses maternal bonds. B) Is able to separate the "I" from the "Other.". C) Looks into a mirror for the first time. D) All of the above answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is able to separate the "I" from the "Other.". 20. Which of the following theorists is associated with formalism? A) Viktor Shklovsky. B) Cleanth Brooks. C) Judith Butler. D) Mikhail Bakhtin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Viktor Shklovsky. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Theory And Criticism Quiz 1Literary Theory And Criticism Quiz 2Literary Theory And Criticism Quiz 3Literary Theory And Criticism Quiz 4Literary Theory And Criticism Quiz 5Literary Theory And Criticism Quiz 6Literary Theory And Criticism Quiz 7Literary Theory And Criticism Quiz 9Literary Theory Post World War Ii QuizLiterary Theory Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books