English Literature MCQs

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A critic examining Pope’s “An Essay on Man” asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a critic?


aFeminist


bReader Response


cFormalist


dMimetic


View Answer Mimetic

Horace was a_____________?


aGreek writer


bRoman Writer


cItalian writer


dEnglish writer


View Answer Roman Writer

What does gynocriticism recommend as an approach to literature ?


aExamining only female-authored literature more critically


bConsidering women’s literature outside of its historical context


cBecoming more familiar with the history of women and women’s writing


dAll of the above answers are correct.



Who proposed that poets should be banished from the ideal Republic ?


aPlato


bAristotle


cSir Philip Sidney


dSir Thomas More


View Answer Plato

What approach is described by the paragraph? Users of this approach believe that all information essential to the interpretation of a work must be found within the work itself; there is no need to bring in outside information about the history, politics, or society of the time, or about the author’s life ?


aHistorical/Biographical Approach


bMoral/ Philosophical Approach


cFormalism


dPsychological Approach


View Answer Formalism

What is the main function of postcolonial criticism ?


aTo represent the relationship between colonizers and the colonized


bTo draw attention to the positive effects of colonization on literature


cTo explain why there are few examples of successful non-Western literature


dTo show the ways in which most Western literature is superior



Plato used the word mimesis in relation to literature with the meaning ?


aCopying


bCriticism of life


cRepresentation


dInterpretation


View Answer Representation

How does New Historicism differ from traditional historicism ?


aNew Historicism rejects the idea that history is neutral.


bNew Historicism does not make strict delineations between literary and non-literary texts.


cNew Historicism takes a particular interest in marginalized peoples.


dAll of the above answers are correct.



One archetype in literature is the scapegoat. Which of these literary characters serves that purpose ?


aBilly Budd


bHamlet


cCaptain Ahab


dOphelia


View Answer Billy Budd

Modern literary theory began with the work of which theorist ?


aFerdinand de Saussure


bViktor Shklovsky


cRoland Barthes


dMichel Foucault


View Answer Ferdinand de Saussure

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