Literary Theory And Criticism MCQs

Option A: Three

Option B: Four

Option C: Five

Option D: Six

Correct Answer: Five ✔

Option A: Biographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature.

Option B: A text and its author text are unrelated.

Option C: It is possible to distill meaning from a work based on the author’s politics.

Option D: Literature is inextricably connected to its creator.

Correct Answer: A text and its author text are unrelated. ✔

Option A: Roger Ascham

Option B: Stephen Hawes

Option C: John Skelton

Option D: Stephen Gosson

Correct Answer: Stephen Gosson ✔

Option A: Wordsworth

Option B: Coleridge

Option C: Southey

Option D: Shelly

Correct Answer: Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Formalism

Option B: Structuralism

Option C: Poststructuralism

Option D: Marxism

Correct Answer: Marxism ✔

Option A: Greek

Option B: Latin

Option C: Hebrew

Option D: Italian

Correct Answer: Greek ✔

Option A: Critics should examine historical information surrounding a literary work.

Option B: Critics should develop universal readings of texts.

Option C: Critics should attempt to paraphrase texts in order to find out what they mean.

Option D: Critics should look at the biographical information of authors.

Correct Answer: Critics should develop universal readings of texts. ✔

Option A: Jacques Derrida

Option B: Jacques Lacan

Option C: Edward Said

Option D: Plato

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: Arnold

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Byron

Option D: Hazlitt

Correct Answer: Arnold ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Julia Kristeva

Option C: Walter Benjamin

Option D: Louis Althusser

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: Simple

Option B: Complex

Option C: Loose

Option D: Episodic

Correct Answer: Complex ✔

Option A: Carl Jung

Option B: Harold Bloom

Option C: Ernest Jones

Option D: Erik Erikson

Correct Answer: Ernest Jones ✔

Option A: A term developed by Mikhail Bakhtin

Option B: A term used to describe how texts include a variety of styles

Option C: A term used to explain the use of multiple points of view in literature

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: All of the above answers are correct. ✔

Option A: Henry Howard

Option B: Roger Ascham

Option C: John Skelton

Option D: Stephen Gosson

Correct Answer: Stephen Gosson ✔

Option A: Analyze the Structure of the Story

Option B: Analyze Rhetorical Elements

Option C: Analyze the Meaning of the Story (Interpretation)

Option D: Analyze the Essential Elements of the Story

Correct Answer: Analyze Rhetorical Elements ✔

Option A: William Worsworth

Option B: Browning

Option C: Coleridge

Option D: Eliot

Correct Answer: Coleridge ✔

Option A: June 14,1789

Option B: June 14, 1798

Option C: July 14, 1789

Option D: July 14,1798

Correct Answer: July 14, 1789 ✔

Option A: Reader Response Criticism

Option B: Formalist Criticism

Option C: Historical Criticism

Option D: These are all equally subjective

Correct Answer: Reader Response Criticism ✔

Option A: William Tyndale

Option B: Roger Ascham

Option C: Stephen Gosson

Option D: Henry Howard

Correct Answer: Stephen Gosson ✔

Option A: A form of literary criticism that is based on historical context

Option B: A form of literary criticism that does not incorporate economic concerns

Option C: A form of literary criticism based on linguistic analysis

Option D: A term related to gender theory that argues that men are dominant in society by virtue of their economic privilege

Correct Answer: A form of literary criticism that is based on historical context ✔

Option A: Claude Lévi-Strauss

Option B: Jacques Derrida

Option C: Jacques Lacan

Option D: Michel Foucault

Correct Answer: Michel Foucault ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: Addison

Option C: Arnold

Option D: Eliot

Correct Answer: Coleridge ✔

Option A: Understanding the author’s ideas in the context of the real world

Option B: Entering the author’s mind through his or her literary works

Option C: Reproducing the author’s thoughts in a critical context

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: All of the above answers are correct. ✔

Option A: 48

Option B: 50

Option C: 52

Option D: 54

Correct Answer: 52 ✔

Option A: drama

Option B: music

Option C: dance

Option D: none

Correct Answer: music ✔

Option A: Psychological Critics

Option B: Feminist critics

Option C: Formalist critics

Option D: Marxist critics

Correct Answer: Formalist critics ✔

Option A: An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text

Option B: An approach that emphasizes the historical context of a text

Option C: An approach that emphasizes the biographical intent of a text

Option D: An approach that emphasizes racial issues in a text

Correct Answer: An approach that emphasizes literary devices in a text ✔

Option A: Comedy

Option B: Tragedy

Option C: Satire

Option D: Melodrama

Correct Answer: Tragedy ✔

Option A: The ending of a tragedy

Option B: The ending of a comedy

Option C: The climax in a tragedy

Option D: The climax in a comedy

Correct Answer: The ending of a comedy ✔

Option A: refuses maternal bonds.

Option B: is able to separate the “I” from the “Other.”

Option C: looks into a mirror for the first time.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: B. is able to separate the “I” from the “Other.” ✔

Option A: Sophocles

Option B: Plautus

Option C: Plato

Option D: Critus

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Viktor Shklovsky

Option C: Stanley Fish

Option D: Toni Morrison

Correct Answer: Aristotle ✔

Option A: Theory has replaced literary appreciation with formulas for understanding

Option B: The reasoning of theory is often too circular

Option C: Many theories have been pushed too far into abstraction

Option D: All of the above answers are correct

Correct Answer: All of the above answers are correct ✔

Option A: Art presents only part of the world

Option B: Art describes only what appears and not what is real

Option C: Art tells lies about the world

Option D: Art is an exaggeration of the world

Correct Answer: Art describes only what appears and not what is real ✔

Option A: It represents the nature

Option B: It contributes to the spiritual growth of people

Option C: It shows a tragedy

Option D: It imitates nobility

Correct Answer: It contributes to the spiritual growth of people ✔

Option A: Carlyle

Option B: Ruskin

Option C: T. S. Eliot

Option D: F. R. Leavis

Correct Answer: T. S. Eliot ✔

Option A: Dryden

Option B: Pope

Option C: Dr. Johnson

Option D: Addison

Correct Answer: Pope ✔

Option A: Oedipus the Rex

Option B: Oedipus at Colonus

Option C: Antigone

Option D: Jocasta, the Queen of Thebes

Correct Answer: Oedipus the Rex ✔

Option A: How women really feel about male writers

Option B: The inscription of womanhood and femininity in texts

Option C: Second-wave feminism

Option D: Psychological studies of women

Correct Answer: The inscription of womanhood and femininity in texts ✔

Option A: They accept ideology as an essential, although sometimes problematic, part of society.

Option B: They subject all ideologies to critique in order to expose biased interests.

Option C: They reject the idea that ideology has real effects on social progress.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: They subject all ideologies to critique in order to expose biased interests. ✔

Option A: Historical

Option B: Formalist

Option C: Mimetic

Option D: All of these

Correct Answer: Historical ✔

Option A: 3

Option B: 2

Option C: 4

Option D: 6

Correct Answer: 2 ✔

Option A: How writers conceptualize natural environments and the representation of environmental issues in literature and culture

Option B: How writers have damaged the environment

Option C: How the environment can be repaired

Option D: Who is responsible for damaging the environment

Correct Answer: How writers conceptualize natural environments and the representation of environmental issues in literature and culture ✔

Option A: The Moscow School

Option B: The Chicago School

Option C: The Frankfurt School

Option D: The Geneva School

Correct Answer: The Geneva School ✔

Option A: He advocates their strict observance

Option B: He does not advocate their strict observance

Option C: He says that every dramatist should decide it for himself

Option D: He is silent about this issue

Correct Answer: He does not advocate their strict observance ✔

Option A: To advocate for women’s rights

Option B: To create literary subjects with which female readers can identify

Option C: To critique phallocentric assumptions about literature

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: All of the above answers are correct. ✔

Option A: A classical approach

Option B: Romantic approach

Option C: Neo-classical approach

Option D: None of these

Correct Answer: Romantic approach ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: T. S. Eliot

Option C: Allen Tate

Option D: F. R. Leavis

Correct Answer: T. S. Eliot ✔

Option A: Aristotle’s Poetics

Option B: Leo Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata

Option C: Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness

Option D: W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk

Correct Answer: Leo Tolstoy’s The Kreutzer Sonata ✔

Option A: Coleridge

Option B: William Wordsworth

Option C: John Ruskin

Option D: Schegell

Correct Answer: William Wordsworth ✔

Option A: Texts are examined to see how colonizers and the colonized interact.

Option B: Texts are examined to see how the formal aspects of the text create meaning.

Option C: Texts are examined to determine how they reveal social realities.

Option D: Texts are examined to determine the author’s intent.

Correct Answer: Texts are examined to determine how they reveal social realities. ✔

Option A: 1798

Option B: 1800

Option C: 1801

Option D: 1802

Correct Answer: 1800 ✔

Option A: An early aspect of ethnic criticism

Option B: An understanding of how double experiences create identity

Option C: A concept developed by W.E.B Du Bois

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: All of the above answers are correct. ✔

Option A: 100 BC

Option B: 12 to 8 BC

Option C: 15 AD

Option D: 20 AD

Correct Answer: 12 to 8 BC ✔

Option A: Longinus

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Plato

Option D: Horace

Correct Answer: Plato ✔

Option A: To connect human beings with a higher ideal

Option B: To entertain those who enjoy it

Option C: To criticize society through satire

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: To connect human beings with a higher ideal ✔

Option A: Formalist

Option B: Historical

Option C: Feminist

Option D: Mimetic

Correct Answer: Historical ✔

Option A: Ars Poetica

Option B: Poetics

Option C: De Arte Poetica

Option D: Art Poetique

Correct Answer: Poetics ✔

Option A: How readers learn to read

Option B: How readers imagine visual images in a text

Option C: How readers participate in creating the meaning of a text

Option D: How readers regard critics

Correct Answer: How readers participate in creating the meaning of a text ✔

Option A: An Essay

Option B: A Drama

Option C: A Poetical Work

Option D: An Interlocution

Correct Answer: An Interlocution ✔

Option A: Plato’s The Republic

Option B: T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent”

Option C: Jacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology

Option D: Jacques Lacan’s “The Mirror Stage…..

Correct Answer: B. T.S. Eliot’s “Tradition and the Individual Talent” ✔

Option A: Historical/Biographical Approach

Option B: Reader Response Approach

Option C: Formalism

Option D: Mimetic Approach

Correct Answer: Reader Response Approach ✔

Option A: Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble

Option B: W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk

Option C: Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author”

Option D: Jacques Lacan’s “The Mirror Stage . . . “

Correct Answer: D. Jacques Lacan’s “The Mirror Stage . . . “ ✔

Option A: Art Poetique

Option B: Poetics

Option C: Rhetoric

Option D: Ars Poetica

Correct Answer: Poetics ✔

Option A: Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts.

Option B: Women should write, but they should do so only within the existent male canon.

Option C: Women should primarily dedicate themselves to studying women’s literature from the past.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: Women should write for and about themselves in order to counter phallocentric texts. ✔

Option A: Saintsbury

Option B: Murray

Option C: Atkins

Option D: Tyllard

Correct Answer: Saintsbury ✔

Option A: It suggests that the suppression of women is part of a historical climate that will naturally fade away.

Option B: It suggests that gender roles are conditioned by the possession of money and power.

Option C: It suggests that gender has power over class.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: It suggests that gender roles are conditioned by the possession of money and power. ✔

Option A: Wordsworth

Option B: Coleridge

Option C: Arnold

Option D: Goethe

Correct Answer: Arnold ✔

Option A: Charles Lamb

Option B: Joseph Conrad

Option C: Coleridge

Option D: Wordsworth

Correct Answer: Coleridge ✔

Option A: A term that describes the absence of racial others in the canon

Option B: A term that describes the attempt to read homosexuality into literature

Option C: A term that describes the effect of autobiography on text

Option D: A term that describes the interpretation of meaning

Correct Answer: A term that describes the interpretation of meaning ✔

Option A: Gender does not reflect an essential truth, but rather is a role people play based on their internalization of socially constructed gender roles.

Option B: Gender roles do not exist.

Option C: Real gender roles are scripted by excellent writers.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: Gender does not reflect an essential truth, but rather is a role people play based on their internalization of socially constructed gender roles. ✔

Option A: Kristeva rejects the idea that neuroses provide insight into the unconscious.

Option B: Kristeva suggests that women are not subject to traditional fetishes.

Option C: Kristeva offers a more central place for women’s issues within psychological development.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: Kristeva offers a more central place for women’s issues within psychological development. ✔

Option A: It has little relationship to the colonization of Asian countries by the West.

Option B: It illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.

Option C: It was produced by Western scholarship.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: It was produced by Western scholarship. ✔

Option A: Should arise from the circumstances of the plot itself

Option B: By supernatural machinery

Option C: By narration

Option D: By the choral odes

Correct Answer: Should arise from the circumstances of the plot itself ✔

Option A: Philiph Sidney

Option B: Shelley

Option C: Aristlotle

Option D: Keats

Correct Answer: Philiph Sidney ✔

Option A: Book 7

Option B: Book 10

Option C: Book 1

Option D: Book 5

Correct Answer: Book 10 ✔

Option A: History comprises the essential framework for the performance of literary analysis

Option B: Politics and the economy are the most important factors in literary analysis

Option C: Biography is essential to literary analysis

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: History comprises the essential framework for the performance of literary analysis ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Horace

Option D: Longinus

Correct Answer: Aristotle ✔

Option A: Only the Unity of Time should be observed

Option B: Only the Unity of Place should be observed

Option C: Only the Unity of Action should be observed

Option D: All the three Unities should be observed

Correct Answer: Only the Unity of Action should be observed ✔

Option A: Wordsworth’s

Option B: Coleridge’s

Option C: Dr. Johnson’s

Option D: Matthew Arnold’s

Correct Answer: Dr. Johnson’s ✔

Option A: Performance is the ultimate objective of all human beings.

Option B: Language is used to indicate action as well as thought.

Option C: Individuals perform gender actively.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct

Correct Answer: Language is used to indicate action as well as thought. ✔

Option A: Plato

Option B: Aristotle

Option C: Horace

Option D: Longinus

Correct Answer: Horace ✔

Option A: Literary criticism is concerned only with the meaning of a literary work, while literary theory is concerned only with the structure of a literary work.

Option B: Literary criticism draws upon research derived from sources outside literature, while literary theory draws upon sources within a text.

Option C: Literary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the application of literary theory.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: Literary theory is concerned with the method used to interpret a work, while literary criticism is the application of literary theory. ✔

Option A: Formalist Criticism

Option B: Deconstructionism

Option C: Structuralism

Option D: Mimetic Criticism

Correct Answer: Structuralism ✔

Option A: Aristotle

Option B: Plato

Option C: Pope

Option D: Stephen Gosson

Correct Answer: Stephen Gosson ✔

Option A: The Function of Criticism

Option B: The Study of Poetry

Option C: Preface to Eighteen Fifty Three poems

Option D: Essay on Wordsworth

Correct Answer: The Function of Criticism ✔

Option A: Hellenic

Option B: Hellenistic

Option C: Renaissance

Option D: Graeco-Roman

Correct Answer: Hellenic ✔

Option A: Aeschylus

Option B: Sophocles

Option C: Euripides

Option D: Seneca

Correct Answer: Sophocles ✔

Option A: Apology

Option B: Ion

Option C: The Republic

Option D: Phaedrus

Correct Answer: The Republic ✔

Option A: Deconstructionism

Option B: Formalist Criticism

Option C: Structuralism

Option D: Mimetic Criticism

Correct Answer: Deconstructionism ✔

Option A: Literary theory is limited in its ability to interpret a text.

Option B: Literary theory often depends on esoteric knowledge to be properly understood.

Option C: Literary theory is employed mostly by academics.

Option D: Literary theory is the only proper way to conceptualize literary texts.

Correct Answer: Literary theory is the only proper way to conceptualize literary texts. ✔

Option A: Mimetic

Option B: Psychological

Option C: Historical/Biographical

Option D: Mythological/Archetypal

Correct Answer: Mythological/Archetypal ✔

Option A: 1817

Option B: 1818

Option C: 1718

Option D: 1717

Correct Answer: 1817 ✔

Option A: 1780

Option B: 1798

Option C: 1815

Option D: 1805

Correct Answer: 1798 ✔

Option A: Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture.

Option B: Understanding homosexuality has little effect on understanding culture.

Option C: Literary study is unaffected by a lack of interest in sexuality.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: Understanding sexuality is crucial to understanding culture. ✔

Option A: 1798

Option B: 1800

Option C: 1802

Option D: 1815

Correct Answer: 1800 ✔

Option A: It is only lyrical songs in the play

Option B: It should be regarded as one of the actors

Option C: It should make only reports

Option D: It should only comment on the action

Correct Answer: It should be regarded as one of the actors ✔

Option A: John Dryden’s

Option B: Alexander Pope’s

Option C: Joseph Addison’s

Option D: Dr. Johnson’s

Correct Answer: Joseph Addison’s ✔

Option A: He considers it to be vital in order to understand literary texts.

Option B: He considers theory to be the only way that literary texts can be interpreted.

Option C: He has no misgivings about the practical usability of literary theory.

Option D: He feels that literary theory is ultimately too limited in scope to serve as a proper method of interpretation.

Correct Answer: He feels that literary theory is ultimately too limited in scope to serve as a proper method of interpretation. ✔

Option A: Language is inseparable from its historical context.

Option B: There are five phases of linguistic development.

Option C: Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements.

Option D: All of the above answers are correct.

Correct Answer: Language can be analyzed as a formal system of elements. ✔