This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Theory > Literary Theory Post World War Ii – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Theory Post World War Ii Quiz 2 (12 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Post Colonialism could be described as the study of ..... A) The break up of Empires. B) Racism. C) How literature has traditionally marginalised the experiences of non western people. D) How literature has traditionally marginalised the experiences of non male Westerners. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How literature has traditionally marginalised the experiences of non western people. 2. What happens when the Superego is too strong? A) Becomes the primitive mind. B) Stores and enforces rules. C) Feeling guilty all the time; insufferable saintly personality. D) Becomes the moral part of the mind. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feeling guilty all the time; insufferable saintly personality. 3. Marxist literary theory could be described as ..... A) Focusing on the struggles between social classes and those who oppress and those are oppressed. B) Focusing on communism. C) A criticism of any rich characters. D) Being irrelevant after 1991. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Focusing on the struggles between social classes and those who oppress and those are oppressed. 4. Which of the following schools of literary criticism did we use to analyze "The Story of an Hour" ? A) Psychoanalytical. B) Reader Response. C) Formalism. D) Biographical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Psychoanalytical. 5. This school of literary criticism claims that literature presents a masculine-patriarchal view in which the role of women is negated or minimized A) Reader Response. B) Biographical. C) Feminism. D) Post-colonialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Feminism. 6. In terms of Psychoanalysis, which of the following refers to the psychological reservoir of our instincts devoted to gratifying all our prohibited desires? A) Id. B) Ego. C) Superego. D) Waldo. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Id. 7. This school of literary theory focuses on the language of the text, and not at all on the author's life or the culture in which the work is created A) Post-colonialism. B) Psychoanalytical. C) Biographical. D) Formalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Formalism. 8. Name two other things that a Formalist look for in literature? A) Diction & Unity. B) Symbolism & Allusions. C) Id, Superego and Ego. D) Metaphor & Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction & Unity. 9. This school of literary criticism claims that the text is always influenced by time period and culture A) Biographical. B) Historical. C) Formalism. D) Post-colonialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Historical. 10. If you were to ask yourself: "What unconscious motives are operating in the main characters?" which critical lens would you be using? A) Feminism. B) Psychoanalytical. C) Post-colonialism. D) Reader Response. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Psychoanalytical. 11. This school of literary criticism shows how individual human behavior is relevant to our experience of literature A) Feminism. B) Biographical. C) Historical. D) Psychoanalytical. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Psychoanalytical. 12. What are the 2 classes of the Marxism theory? A) The Bourgeoisie & The Poor. B) The Pourgeoisie & The Boor. C) Property Owners & Sales People. D) The Bourgeoisie & The Proletariat. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Bourgeoisie & The Proletariat. ← PreviousRelated QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Theory Post World War Ii Quiz 1Literary Theory And Criticism QuizLiterary Theory Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books