This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Theory > Structuralism > Structuralism – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Structuralism Quiz 11 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If I analyse the role of women in Shakespeare's Hamlet and Homer's Odyssey, which literary theory am I using? A) Formalism and Structuralism. B) Historicism. C) Structuralism. D) Feminism and Structuralism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feminism and Structuralism. 2. It is a theory in the philosophy of mathematics that holds that mathematical theories describe structures of mathematical objects. A) Nomalism. B) Structuralism. C) Platonism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structuralism. 3. Focusing on our own thoughts and feelings in order to answer questions A) Introspection. B) Self absorption. C) Sensation and feeling. D) Aristotle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introspection. 4. Who insists that a text is 'a multi dimensional space in which a variety of writings, none of them original, blend and clash? A) Derrida. B) Saussure. C) Barthes. D) Strauss. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Barthes. 5. The everyday calculations we do-from prices in shops to simple totaling-is an instance of A) Structuralism. B) Linguisitc Performance. C) Parole. D) Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Parole. 6. According to structuralists, who controls individuals' lives? A) Social forces. B) Themselves. C) Political organizations. D) Religious organizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Social forces. 7. Which of the following is a key method used in structuralism? A) Introspection. B) Behaviorism. C) Psychoanalysis. D) Naturalistic observation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Introspection. 8. He published a paradigm changing article entitled "What Numbers Could Not Be" . A) Benacerraf. B) Parsons. C) Golde. D) Quine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benacerraf. 9. What is the focus of interpretivists in sociology? A) Society controlling individuals' lives. B) Macro scale. C) Social structures and institutions. D) Individual actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Individual actions. 10. In doing structuralism, the critic should not focus on the deep and other hidden structures but must analyze the surface manifestations of meaning. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 11. GATHERING INFORMATION WHILE A PERSON IS PERFORMING A TASK IN AN EXAMPLE OF? A) FUNCTIONALISM. B) STRUCTURALISM. C) BEHAVIORISM. D) INTROSPECTION. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) INTROSPECTION. 12. Shapiro and Resnik hold that all mathematical theories, even non-algebraic ones, describe ..... A) System. B) Structures. C) Non-algebraic theories. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structures. 13. Which of the following fact about Structuralism is not correct? A) It studies literature synchronically. B) It is like a science. C) It seeks to analyze the underlying structure. D) It deals with the surface structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It deals with the surface structure. 14. Which of the following statements is true regarding the relationship between structuralism and functionalism? A) Structuralism and functionalism are essentially the same approach. B) Structuralism and functionalism represent contrasting approaches to psychology. C) Structuralism is a subfield of functionalism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structuralism and functionalism represent contrasting approaches to psychology. 15. Formalism can be easily applied to most text. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 16. Which field of study has strong ties to structuralism? A) A Functionalism. B) B) Psychodynamic theory. C) C) Elements of the mental framework. D) D) the psychology of humanism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D) the psychology of humanism. 17. Who introduced the term glosematics A) R. Jakobson. B) Saussure. C) Louis Hjelmslev. D) Sapir. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Louis Hjelmslev. 18. Structuralists are believing that if readers don't understand the signs, they may misread a text. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 19. In Literature, Structuralism focusses on A) The relationship between the elements of language. B) The genre of the text. C) The relationship between the elements of the text. D) The perception of the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The relationship between the elements of the text. 20. It is the term used to describe the abstract system of language in the structuralism approach of literary criticism. A) Dialogic. B) Language. C) Parole. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Language. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTheory QuizzesStructuralism Quiz 1Structuralism Quiz 2Structuralism Quiz 3Structuralism Quiz 4Structuralism Quiz 5Structuralism Quiz 6Structuralism Quiz 7Structuralism Quiz 8Structuralism Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books