LITERARY CRITICISM QUIZ

Question 1

Lucifer the cat was Cinderella’s stepmother’s favourite pet while Bruno the dog was just a working dog-- a proletariat.

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MARXIST

Question 2

Meaning comes from the relationship of each part of the text with other parts.

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Structuralist

Question 3

"What do these repressed desires and fears suggest about the author?"

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Psychoanalytical

Question 4

In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men (1937), Curley's Wife is the only female character and mainly acts as a plot device

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FEMINIST

Question 5

An approach in reading literature that examines the perspective of the author’s historical context.

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BIOGRAPHICAL CRITICISM

Question 6

The use of metaphors, imagery, irony, and other figures of speech to incorporate symbolism into the literary work.

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New Criticism

Question 7

This approach in reading and analyzing literature reveals how aspects of our culture are patriarchal.

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FEMINIST CRITICISM

Question 8

Critics look for patterns of beliefs such as reincarnation, magic, heroism, etc.

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Archetypal

Question 9

Interprets the work of literature through understanding the times and the culture in which the work was written.

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Historical

Question 10

"As we analyze the text, we can find imagery, which really helps bring aspects of the text to life as we read."

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NEW CRITICISM

Question 11

This critical reading approach is concerned with the reviewer's honest reaction as an audience of a work.

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READER-RESPONSE

Question 12

It argues that literary texts, like dreams, express the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author.

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Psychoanalytical

Question 13

Reading literature where the historical context, the author, or any other external context is not necessary.

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NEW CRITICISM THEORY

Question 14

Binary oppositions are key to understanding a text.

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Structuralist

Question 15

Looks into how the conflicts and interactions between economic classes are used in the literary piece.

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MARXIST CRITICISM

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