This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Introductions > Literary Theory > Literary Theory – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Literary Theory Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which literary theory emphasizes the role of language and signs in the construction of meaning? A) Postmodernism. B) Semiotics. C) Existentialism. D) Structuralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Semiotics. 2. It suggests the idea that the story depends on the perspective of a particular storyteller. A) Feminism. B) Feminism & Gender Studies. C) New Historicism. D) Formalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) New Historicism. 3. In "Goblin Market" who saves Laura by confronting the goblins? A) Her mother. B) Her sister. C) Her father. D) Her boyfriend. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her sister. 4. Who is considered the father of psychoanalytic literary theory? A) Sigmund Freud. B) Carl Jung. C) Ivan Pavlov. D) B.F. Skinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sigmund Freud. 5. Which of the following best describe the narrator's point of view in The Metamorphosis? A) First-person:the story is told from Gregor's perspective. B) Second-person:the story is told as if the reader had themselves turned into a "monstrous vermin". C) Third-person omniscient:the narration remains focused on Gregor's perspective, however it occasionally branches out to other perspectives (i.e. the Samsas, following Gregor's death). D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third-person omniscient:the narration remains focused on Gregor's perspective, however it occasionally branches out to other perspectives (i.e. the Samsas, following Gregor's death). 6. Marxist criticism involves the analysis of the intrinsic features of a text. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Who wrote the essay "Language of Paradox" A) Cleanth Brooks. B) Saussure. C) Raymond Williams. D) Derrida. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cleanth Brooks. 8. What theory would this question BEST apply to:What could this recurring image symbolize? A) Literary Theory. B) Marxist. C) Feminist. D) Archetypal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Archetypal. 9. Who famously stated, 'I think, therefore I am'! A) Isaac Newton. B) Rene Descartes. C) David Hume. D) Edmund Burke. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rene Descartes. 10. What is literary theory? A) The analysis of literary devices in literature. B) The study of grammar and syntax in literature. C) The examination of historical context in literature. D) The systematic study and interpretation of literature. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The systematic study and interpretation of literature. 11. What are the key elements of class struggle in literature according to the Marxist lens? A) Harmony between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. B) Celebration of capitalist society, absence of social inequality. C) Conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, portrayal of social inequality, critique of capitalist society. D) Portrayal of class collaboration and cooperation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, portrayal of social inequality, critique of capitalist society. 12. Which literary theory emphasizes the role of the reader in interpreting a text? A) Structuralism. B) Formalism. C) New Criticism. D) Reader-Response Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reader-Response Theory. 13. "Close reading" was practice by which theory? A) Structuralism. B) Post-structuralism. C) Formalism. D) New Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) New Criticism. 14. Feminist criticism relates to conflicts betweeb social classes. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. In "A Modest Proposal" what does Swift mean when he says, "The English landlords have already devoured most of the Irish parents? A) Cannibalism has been part of English culture. B) The landlords have financially devoured the Irish tenants. C) Landlords will eat tenants who cannot pay rent. D) Irish parents will not sell their children. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The landlords have financially devoured the Irish tenants. 16. In "Goblin Market" after Laura eats the goblin fruit, she wants more, but what prevents her from getting more? A) Her sister dies. B) Her sister holds her back. C) She cannot hear or see the goblins any more. D) She dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She cannot hear or see the goblins any more. 17. What is the relationship between Lizzie and Laura in "The Goblin Market?" A) Sisters. B) Mother and Daughter. C) Acquaintances. D) Cousins. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sisters. 18. Which question is not something considered when discussing feminist criticism? A) How is the relationship between men and women portrayed?. B) How are male and female roles defined?. C) What are the power relationships between men and women (or characters assuming male/female roles)?. D) How are the roles of pets portrayed?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) How are the roles of pets portrayed?. 19. Prose is the opposite of poetry. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 20. A marxist reader would be critical of which of the following writers? You can pick more than one A) Emily Dickinson. B) Robert Frost. C) William Shakespeare. D) Duong Thu Huong,. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emily Dickinson. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesIntroductions QuizzesLiterary Theory Quiz 1Literary Theory Quiz 2Literary Theory Quiz 4Literary Theory And Criticism QuizLiterary Theory Post World War Ii Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books