Which of these shows Wilson's view masculinity?

it would be a damn sight easier than this emotional trash.

Chopin's inclusion of "bespoke repression" and "certain strength" would most likely interest

A Feminist, Structuralist, and Gender Theorist

Who might be interested to know that the author was almost destroyed by the resting cure?

New Historicist/Biographical LTC

Which group would LEAST be interested in The Jungle Book?

New Historicists interested in Walt Disney's alleged anti-Semitism

The words "something," "everything," and "anything" are all _______

indefinite pronouns symbolic of avoiding real communication

A Gender LTC might be most interested in . . .

"Male talking vs. "female communication"

The speaker in stanza two is guilty of . . .

being a scenic bystander to injustice

In "SHLFM," what does Macomber's wife do when he orders a drink? A Gender LTC, thus, might note

orders one too; the "masculine" behavior of a female

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Reviewing and Applying Literary Theory

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An AP Lit. and Comp. Quizs reviewing literary theories and then applying them poetry and short fiction

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1
Hubris is an example of a serious imperfection or . . .
sympathetic flaw
foible
tragic foible
tragic flaw
2
The flooding out of pent up emotions following an epiphany and/or moment of catastrophe
catharsis
dramatic irony
peripety
hubris
3
"I don't know why I should write this. I don't want to. I don't feel able."
Increasingly short sentences symbolizes declining mentality
Both of these
Neither of these
Anaphora uses symbolizes the repetitive, neurotic fixation
4
Woman are forced to become _______ as a result of an unfounded reliance on _______
passive; modern medicine
passive; "the resting cure"
active; bad medical advice
active; "the resting cure"
5
In linguistics, the abstract image one imagines when hearing/seeing a signifier is the ____.
signified
jeu
referent
structure
6
Which of these shows Wilson's view masculinity?
He would eat, then, by himself and could read a book
What was it French called it? Distinguished consideration
it would be a damn sight easier than this emotional trash.
He would see them through the safari on a very formal basis
7
The story suggests that her husband was abusive.
True
False
8
The author's use of * * * * * * represents . . .
The progressive neurosis of her mind
the growing inability of the narrator to use words
a shift in setting
An irrelevant typo
9
The final line of the story is ____ irony.
Situational
dramatic
verbal
both dramatic and verbal
10
Chopin's inclusion of "bespoke repression" and "certain strength" would most likely interest
A Reader Response, Feminist, and Deconstructionist
A Gender, Post-Colonial, and Feminist
A Feminist, Structuralist, and Gender Theorist
A Marxist, a New Critic, and a Deconstructionist
11
The quality of a character or story making it like real life is its . . .
dianoia
melopoeia
peripety
verisimilitude
12
In "HLWE," drinking beer serves as a way for the couple to . . .
get drunk
gather the courage to discuss abortion
avoid substantive conversation
forget the past
13
Which of these is not a "fence" in this poem?
Repetition via anaphora
repetition of diction multiple times in a row
personification
metonymy
14
Lacan theorized that infants begin life in the world of the "I" or _____
mirror stage
infancy
the Gaze
The Symbolic
15
Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere.
Quote reveals the deteriorating mental state of the narrator
All of the these
Deals with mental neuroses of interest to Psychoanalysis LTC
The quote reveals the story's growing psychological horror
16
Because infants are born without gender, gender identification is both _____ and _____
present and absent
polymorphous and tumultuous
repressed and neurotic
All of these
17
Who might be interested to know that the author was almost destroyed by the resting cure?
Reader Response LTC
New Criticism LTC
Deconstructionist
New Historicist/Biographical LTC
18
"SHLFM" takes place . . .
In the jungles of Africa
On an African safari
In an African rainforest
None of these
19
In psychoanalysis, Freud believed that _____ was non-essential.
neuroses
gender
parenting
truth
20
The actual, concrete "thing" in a sign; it is concrete, not abstract, and is not language.
signified
referent
sign
signifier
21
A Marxist and Feminist might note that the wife's ______ is the result of her repression
easy life
insanity
loveless marriage
resting cure
22
Which group would LEAST be interested in The Jungle Book?
Structuralists interested in changes made from the original to the modern
Post-Colonial Theorists interested in the legacy of British imperialism
New Historicists interested in Walt Disney's alleged anti-Semitism
Critical Race Theorists interested in racism in American society
23
The song's refrain "What was I made for?" might most resonate with which theory?
Reader Response Theory (RRT)
Post-Colonial Theory (PCT)
Existentialism
Critical Race Theory
24
The words "something," "everything," and "anything" are all _______
indefinite pronouns symbolic of avoiding real communication
Interrogative pronouns symbolizing the story's big question
personal pronouns symbolizing personal nature of the issue
reflexive pronouns symbolizing the deep thought of the girl
25
which of these lines from "Yes, Mandela" uses two consecutive metaphors?
"you swung your hammer grimly / stoic"
"a blank cobwebbed of pain"
"impress your radiance / on the grey morning air"
"harsh, white, treacherous"
26
Like Raymond Carver's "The Father," "HLWE" is told using the minimalist, or _____ style
Romantic
Ice-Berg
Post-Modern
Victorian
27
Good characters are _____, defying simple, or _________ characterization.
flat; stock
round; flat
stock; flat
round; stock
28
The moment where a character experiences conflict opposing his/her motivation/purpose
peripety
verisimilitude
lexis
catharsis
29
Which two emotions, central to Aristotelian tragedy, are the result of character's epiphany?
love and hate
objective reflection and wisdom
pessimism and doubt
boredom and angst
30
In DT, Aristotle believes that to be unique, credible, yet quirky/interesting is to have . . .
peripety
social justification
catastrophe
hubris
31
What is the impetus for the husband's sudden masculinity
Proving himself to the safari guides
Proving himself to Wilson
Proving himself to his wife
Proving himself to himself
32
A Gender LTC might be most interested in . . .
The symbolism of the white elephants
"Male talking vs. "female communication"
The dichotomy of "talking" vs. "communicating"
The oppression of female conversation
33
By the end of the story, the narrator . . .
All of these
Is convinced she is the woman behind the wallpaper
"creeps" to her fainted husband
Has contemplated suicide
34
Which one of these statements is most appropriate for a Gender or Feminist LTC?
women are made to look petulant and infirm
the only place the wife has control is in her fantasy world
gender division keeps women in a childish state of ignorance
All of these
35
The ____ is a longing for an ideal world that does not exist in the world of absence
look
gaze
eyes
stare
36
Derrida's idea of "Differance" prioritized the importance of words, or __________
trace-centric thought
logocentrism
"Jeu" of words
phonetic awareness
37
The narrator says, "And yet I cannot be with him, it makes me so nervous." Who is the "him?"
John, the husband
It cannot be determined
Narrator's infant son
Her uncle
38
"Then she said that the paper stained everything it touched"
C. Treats the wallpaper as a force of almost cosmic irony
A. Meant to be taken only literally
B. Implicitly, the wallpaper has "stained" her psyche.
D. Both B and C
39
Freud treated homosexuality as . . .
the inability to release from an Oedipal Complex or CA
deviant behavior
abnormal
All of these
40
In the first two lines of "Not My Business," a Marxist reader might say the "they" is . . .
an intolerant immigrant
an oppressor
a victim
a member of the working class
41
In tragedy, we look for aphoristic (witty, wise) dialogue known as . . .
melopoeia
dianoia
lexis
mythos
42
The speaker in stanza two is guilty of . . .
being a scenic bystander to injustice
agentive action
being a victim
robbing someone of nourishment
43
In Dramatic Theory, every fictional character has an internal drive, purpose, or _____.
catharsis
motivation
social justification
peripety
44
A _______theorist might note that the husband ending up alive is the wife's _______.
Deconstructionist; non-essential truth
Gender; continuum of heterosexuality
Dramatic; moment of peripety
Feminist; oppressive misogyny returned
45
In her deteriorating state, the narrator begins to ____ the "woman" who comes out of the wall
All of these
identify and sympathize with
become increasingly more afraid of
learns to ignore
46
"delirium tremens -go waddling up and down in isolated columns of fatuity."
Isolated refers implicitly to narrator's oppression
"Isolated"refers explicitly to observation of the wallpaper
All of these
Fatuity means foolishness, perhaps a critique of male view
47
The sublimation/filtering of repressed desires occurs unconsciously in one's . . .
dreamwork
id
gaze
super ego
48
In "SHLFM," what does Macomber's wife do when he orders a drink? A Gender LTC, thus, might note
Walks away; oppression of the female figure
chides him; the "nagging" of the wife
orders one too; the "masculine" behavior of a female
orders one too; how the wife conforms to normal gender roles
49
Leaving of the "I" stage into the symbolic, abstract, adult world is a world of _____, not ____
symbolism gazing
gazing, symbolism
presence, absence
absence, presence
50
Competition with the father in psychoanalysis leads to an infatuation with the mother, or _____
Oedipal Complex
Stock Characterization
Castration Anxiety
Penis Envy
51
Which of these is NOT a concept discussed in Feminism
False dichotomy of gender
Women seeking to overcome oppression
Male hegemony
Patriarchal dominance
52
Which of these theme topics might interest a Marxist/PC LTC?
The background of the author and its influence on the poem
how the speaker became an oppressor
The opposing imagery of silence and talking
The historical importance of yams in some African cultures
53
Which of these is NOT true of Freud's tripartite model?
The "super ego" is the moralizing force
The "id" is the highest level of consciousness
The "ego" is the home of rational thought
The "id" is the home of unrepressed desires and selfishness
54
To, "I don't care to renovate the house just for a three months' rental," A Fem might say . . .
The history behind Victorian homes is important to study
The truth behind this statement is only a fleeting "trace."
The number of syllables in each word is symbolic
The narrator is trapped by an oppressive, uncaring male
55
The Ice-Berg style is symbolic because what issue is the "elephant in the room?"
abortion
teen pregnancy
infidelity
suicide
56
The railroad crossing is symbolic b/c . . .
They are at a "crossroads" in their relationship
They need to move on past this issue
The woman is considering jumping in front of a train
All of these
57
A Post-Colonial LTC might be most interested in the treatment of . . .
Robert
Wilson
Margaret
The African servant-boys
58
A Marxist might infer that the "thing" she is trying to beat back is . . .
Her ironic joy that her husband is dead
her joy that she is free of an oppressive force
her cathartic relief that she is free from her husband.
All of these
59
Misjudging, patronizing, and belittling all describe ____'s treatment of ______
The narrator; her brother
John; his wife
John; his sister
The narrator; her husband
60
HLWE is mostly alternating dialogue between . . .
An American male and his girlfriend
An American girl and her boyfriend
White elephants
All of these
61
"The floor is scratched and gouged and splintered, the plaster itself is dug out"
Denigrates women as overly concerned with minute details
Quote reveals other inhabitants have tried to escape room
Shows the unreliable nature of the narrator
All of these
62
The boy returns to the father and "maleness", fearing . . .
Castration Anxiety
Oedipal Complexes
Penis Envy
All of these
63
While LTC field is concerned with the relationship and meaning-making of opposites?
Feminism
Gender Theory
Structuralism
Deconstruction
64
The line, "John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage" would likely trouble
A Feminist
A Deconstructionist
A Structuralist
A Reader Response Theorist
65
Which LTC might be most interested in Macomber's lamenting of the lion shooting?
Gender
Structuralist
Reader Response
New Critic
66
Under the "umbrella" of Existentialism, _____ posits that life is inherently meaningless
Nihilism
Absurdism
Victorian Sexuality
Modernism
67
A Feminist would note the story's . . .
the dichotomy of sickness/health as a motif
All of these
the unconscious fears of women defying mental repression
rigid 18th c. restriction of domestic females to
68
Humans' inexplicable behavior is captured by the _______ "consistent inconsistencies."
conceit
oxymoron
litote
hyperbole
69
In linguistics, the _____ is the relationship between the signifier and the signified
sign
object
referent
relative
70
In Aristotelian tragedy, the ability for a story to evoke deep thought
lexis
dianoia
melopoeia
mythos
71
With which of these would a feminist LTC most likely NOT be concerned?
Equal pay in the third wave movement
The harmful effect of women's rights on male ego
lack of inclusion in a male-dominated literary canon
Misogyny
72
Why is the jeep waiting in silence on the lawn in the final stanza?
B/c the speaker did not speak up, no one is left to speak
Jeeps and lawns, despite personification, cannot speak
The speaker is too surprised to speak
The oppressors wanted to be stealthy and quiet
73
As the story progresses, the narrator can see _____ behind the peeling yellow wallpaper.
her husband
her nightmares
human figures and faces
dead children
74
In linguistics, the _____ is concrete the utterance of written or spoken language
referent
signifier
signified
sign
75
Which LTC suggests that "truth" is a non-essential construct replaced as new truths emerge?
Formalism
Deconstruction
Queer Theory
Gender Theory
76
The proliferation of racist caricatures like the Mammy figures across media and genre would most interest . . .
New Critics and RRTs
Critical Race and Arcehtype Theorists
Deconstructionists and Dramatic Theorists
New Historicists and Post-Colonial Theorist
77
“Women upset,” said Wilson to the tall man. “Amounts to nothing. Strain on the nerves."
Neither of these
Both of these
similar to the treatment of the narrator in "The YWP"
indicative of men dismissing women
78
It is ironic that the more the narrator slips into a delusional fantasy world, the more she is
insane
empowered
cared for
oppressed
79
A feminist LTC might object to the opening of "Story of an Hour" because . . .
It portrays women as infirm
Both of these
Neither of these
It portrays a woman at the mercy of a missing patriarch
80
Which of these would NOT be of concern to a Marxist or Post-Colonial LTC?
social inequality between the owners and proletariat
oppression of the "have nots"
Rights of marginalized "others" in colonized society
dichotomy of male/female gender
81
Gender and Queer LTC may reject all of the following EXCEPT . . .
Transgendered authors should not be included in the canon
That sexuality may be a continuum, not a binary concept
that gender is an exclusively male/female binary
That homosexuality and heterosexuality are essentialist
82
Which LTC is related to Aristotle's ideas of tragedy and the tragic progression?
Dramatic Theory
Psychoanalysis
Feminism
Aesthetics
83
What serves as a symbol, or "trophy" of masculinity?
Killed animals, like the lion
Both of these
The phallic gun
Neither of these
84
Which image shows that despite her joyous freedom, it's not b/c the husband was abusive?
"kneeling before the closed door"
"She breathed a quick prayer that life may be long"
"kind tender hands folded in death"
"I am not making myself ill."
85
All of these are themes in "The Yellow Paper" except . . .
empowerment of women
The evil of the "resting cure"
the role of self-expression
satirizing of Victorian marriage norms
86
"I must use my will and self-control and not let any silly fancies run away with me."
Verbally ironic b/c she doesn't really mean "silly fancies"
Dram. ironic b/c reader knows her fantasies are in control
Tragic irony b/c the wall paper ends up killing her
Accismus b/c she pretends not to care about the wall paper
87
"What is it, little girl?" spoken by ____, might be viewed as ______ by a Feminist LTC.
Narrator's sister; oppressive and stifling
The Wallpaper People; horrifying
John; demeaning and belittling
John; doting and affectionate
88
Because it's like the narrator is writing a letter to herself, the story is best called . . .
third person epistolary
second person apostrophe
a first person dramatic monologue
first person epistolary
89
______ are those whose "inner good" conflicts with negative actions.
Complex characters
All of these
Stock Characters
Archetypes
90
Not only would Existentialists be interested in JP Sartre's quote, "Hell is Other People," so would . . .
Neither of these
Both of these
New Critics because they make meaning through comparison
Structuralists because this single text's metaphor is a study of diction
91
Which literary time period does Existentialism grow out, matching an "increasingly dark" period of war and loss?
Imagist
Augustan
Neoclassic
Modernism
92
"How is the beautiful red-faced Mr. Wilson? Are you feeling better, Francis, my pearl?”
Implies Wilson's femininity
Upholds normal gender binaries
Implies Robert's feminity
Implies Margaret doting and affectionate towards her husband
93
In ____________, one is only interested in the text itself and its language choice, not context
c. Feminism
d. Both A and B
A. Formalism
B. New Criticism

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