A. dance

B. drama

C. none

A. a meter.

B. a line.

C. a measure.

A. Loose

B. Simple

C. Episodic

A. Religious belief

C. Psychological treatment

D. A figure of judgment

B. Matthew Arnold

C. Virginia Woolf

D. C.S. Lewis

A. A humanity-centered view of the universe

C. A theory that values restraint, form, and imitation

D. An idea traditionally associated with the Renaissance

B. Build your paper to a climax; save your most engaging or important topic sentence for discussion last.

C. Select specific passages in the text of the story that help you to develop each topic sentence.

D. Compose topic sentences (four or five, perhaps) that support, explore, demonstrate, or illustrate your thesis.

A. A system for categorizing books

B. A reader-response test

D. The psychological study of authors

A. Hamlet despises his mother and suspects she has killed his father.

C. Hamlet is entirely masculinized throughout the play, and thus, is ultimately unlike his mother in terms of his position in the play.

D. Hamlet has a personality disorder.

B. Psychological Approach

C. Moral/ Philosophical Approach

D. Historical/Biographical Approach

A. Schegell

B. Coleridge

D. John Ruskin

A. Tate

C. Freud

D. Richards

B. Cleanth Brooks

C. Toni Morrison

D. Karl Marx

A. Formalism/New Criticism

B. Historical/Biographical

D. Psychological

B. All of these

C. Mimetic

D. Formalist

B. The examination of desires informing our consciousness

C. The examination of our unconscious experience

D. The examination of intricate structures within our unconscious

B. Formalism focuses on examining how a text exemplifies its writers psychology.

C. Formalism focuses on examining the structural dynamics of poems.

D. Formalism focuses on examining the historical contexts and backgrounds of literary texts.

A. Strict criteria for evaluating the quality of a literary text

C. An awareness of the historical circumstances surrounding a texts production

D. An awareness of the economic circumstances surrounding a literary text

B. A poem that has no rhyme scheme

C. A poem that celebrates the life of a cruel person

D. A poem that eulogizes the dead

B. A trend in university English departments

C. The practice of interpreting literary texts

D. A methodology for applying ideas to literary texts

B. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate Ophelia for their own purposes.

C. Ophelias madness represents the social oppression of women.

D. It is nearly impossible to represent women as anything other than mad in patriarchal discourses.

A. Epic theater privileges feeling over reason.

C. Epic theater is plot-driven theater.

D. Epic theater maintains the illusion of realism.

A. Simplicity in language, brevity in form, and humorousness in attitude

B. Simplicity in language, lengthiness in form, and humorousness in attitude

D. Complexity in language, brevity in form, and humorousness in attitude

A. Feminist theory

B. Psychoanalytic theory

D. Ethnic criticism

A. 14

B. 12

C. 15

A. Legislative Criticism

B. Textual Criticism

C. Interpretative Criticism

A. Neo-classical approach

C. None of these

D. A classical approach

A. Satire

C. Melodrama

D. Comedy

A. An epitaph

B. An elegy

D. An ode

A. Terry Eagleton

C. Julia Kristeva

D. Fredric Jameson

A. Kate Millet

C. Julia Kristeva

D. Ellen Moors

A. No one under the age of 18 should be allowed to drive.

B. I began driving at the age of 16 and have never been involved in a serious car accident.

C. Every year countless people are killed by drivers under the age of 18.

B. The Frankfurt School

C. The Moscow School

D. The Chicago School

A. Persuasion is the use of syllogisms to influence the opinions of readers and listeners.

C. Persuasion is the opposite of rhetoric.

D. Persuasion is the art of lying to good effect.

A. Both sets of critics reject the importance of historical context in studying literature.

B. Both sets of critics look for an objective way to view texts.

C. Both sets of critics focus on evaluating literature in a scientific manner.

A. Literary theory involves measuring the quality of a literary work.

C. Literary theory involves considering the publication history of literary texts.

D. Literary theory involves coming to a precise understanding of a writers psychology.

A. Analyze the Meaning of the Story (Interpretation)

B. Analyze the Essential Elements of the Story

C. Analyze the Structure of the Story

A. Henry Howard

C. William Tyndale

D. Roger Ascham

B. A tragi-comedy

C. A tragic play

D. A modern play

A. How writers have damaged the environment

B. Who is responsible for damaging the environment

D. How the environment can be repaired

A. Critics should look at the biographical information of authors.

B. Critics should examine historical information surrounding a literary work.

D. Critics should attempt to paraphrase texts in order to find out what they mean.

A. Questions for which the answers are obvious

B. Writing that is complicated and scholarly

D. Logical writing and speaking

A. Matthew Arnold

B. Carl Jung

D. Virginia Woolf

B. As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context

C. As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic

D. As a historical object that is also aesthetic

A. A delusional girl with no grasp on reality

C. A cynic awaiting the worlds destruction

D. A young girl with a particularly dark Mindset

A. A rhyme scheme

C. A characters moment of selfrealization in a narrative

D. A characters fatal flaw

B. The world can be fully understood if people listen closely to what others are saying.

C. Redemption comes from surrendering to a higher power.

D. Good things, including salvation, come to those who are patient.

A. June 14,1789

B. June 14, 1798

C. July 14,1798

A. Carl Jung

B. Sigmund Freud

D. William James

B. Death comes for all of us / even you.

C. To kiss the sky / to be the sun / is to live forever.

D. I heard a car crash / just as I died.