A. Hamlet is a tragedy that reflects Shakespeares own political circumstances.

C. Hamlet is a tragedy that reflects upon enlightened and progressive political systems that developed during Shakespeares time.

D. Hamlet is a tragedy focusing on the plight of the early-modern self.

B. R. P. Blackmur

C. Allen Tate

D. F. R. Leavis

B. A narrative without characters

C. A narrative that takes place in the past.

D. A narrative based entirely on verifiable facts

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. Literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change.

D. Language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning.

A. The relationship between economics and the production of literary texts

B. Characters who are sympathetic to issues facing the working classes

D. The political and social meanings of literary texts

A. John Skelton

B. Henry Howard

C. Roger Ascham

B. A play in which elite members of society are mocked

C. A play in which characters make humorous remarks

D. A play in which no characters die or suffer

A. Neurotic behavior

C. Slips of the tongue

D. Changes in emotional states

B. Using informal language

C. Using logic and reason

D. Appealing to the readers emotions

B. Psychological

C. Tory

D. Feminist

A. Three

B. Six

C. Four

A. To explain why there are few examples of successful non-Western literature

B. To show the ways in which most Western literature is superior

C. To draw attention to the positive effects of colonization on literature

B. Flaws

C. Sin

D. Tragic flaw

A. Formalism

B. Poststructuralism

D. Structuralism

A. Lamentation, in which the speaker demonstrates grief

B. Praise and admiration for the dead

C. Consolation and solace

A. To change the weather

B. To bring forth life-in-death

D. For revenge

A. Stage design

B. Poetic diction

C. Song composition

A. Coleridge

B. Keats

D. Shelley

B. Both fields of literary study are American in origin.

C. New Historicism is simply an early form of Cultural Materialism.

D. Both fields of study are strictly focused on how readers interpret and invent meanings for literary texts.

A. It shows a tragedy

B. It represents the nature

D. It imitates nobility

B. Scholar Gypsy

C. On translating Homer

D. Preface to the Poems

A. The Romantic Age

B. The Elizabethan Age

C. The Victorian Age

A. New Criticism

B. Reader-response criticism

C. Psychoanalytic criticism

A. George du Maurier attacked the social position of the novelist in his illustrations.

B. All novelists are painters at heart.

D. George du Maurier was a tremendous influence on Victorian novelists.

A. Jacques Derrida

C. Edward Said

D. Jacques Lacan

A. The climax in a tragedy

C. The climax in a comedy

D. The ending of a tragedy

B. Art tells lies about the world

C. Art presents only part of the world

D. Art is an exaggeration of the world

A. complex in terms of plot and structure.

B. without any sort of moral insight.

C. sad.

B. She is a woman of beauty and wonder.

C. Death, that which feels nothing.

D. I wandered lonely as a cloud.

A. T.S. Eliot

C. Stanley Fish

D. Jacques Lacan

A. a wicked and manipulative man.

C. a man of tremendous humor, simplicity, and innate goodness and kindness.

D. a disturbed and insane man.

B. Crites

C. Lisideius

D. Eugenius

B. Harold Bloom

C. Erik Erikson

D. Carl Jung

A. Wolfgang Iser

B. Jean-Paul Sartre

D. Edmund Husserl

B. All men breathe air, all dogs breathe air, hence all men are dogs.

C. All dogs have hair, all people have hair, hence anything with hair is a dog or a person.

D. All dogs have four legs, all creatures do not have four legs, hence all creatures with four legs are dogs.

B. Mainstream audiences are so shallow that it is not worth writing plays for them.

C. The world is so complex that it does not require literature or theater.

D. The world is a bright and interesting place.

A. It offers a strong outline for how theory can be conducted in the 21st century.

B. It should not be read or considered by any student or scholar.

C. It offers a strong counterpoint to Jacques Derridas notion of deconstruction.

B. Historical Criticism

C. Formalist Criticism

D. These are all equally subjective

A. 15

C. 16

D. 17

A. readers decide which works of literature to read.

B. readers choose their favorite works of literature.

C. readers develop their own unique and personal critical discourses.

A. Womens gender is artificial, while mens gender is not.

B. While gender is not real, the stereotypes that accompany it are true.

D. All of the above answers are correct.

A. As a brilliant warrior

B. As boyish and immature

D. As a crazed fool

A. Walter Benjamin

B. Julia Kristeva

C. Louis Althusser

A. C.S. Lewis

C. Matthew Arnold

D. G.K. Chesterton

A. A story that reminds the reader that the story is fictional

B. A narrative that introduces readers to the main characters of a story

D. A narrative that summarizes the plot of the novel

B. The reader participates in a transaction with the text.

C. The reader acts upon the text.

D. The reader is acted upon by the text.

A. Traditional literary criticism attempted to consider the psychological aspects of literary texts.

B. Traditional literary criticism only examines pre-20th-century literary texts.

D. Traditional literary criticism is mainly focused on exploring gender issues.

A. He advocates their strict observance

B. He says that every dramatist should decide it for himself

D. He is silent about this issue

A. John Skelton

C. Stephen Hawes

D. Roger Ascham

A. the author or speaker has provided proper logic and evidence in support of his topic.

C. the author or speaker maintained the appropriate critical distance from the topic.

D. the author or speaker was emotionally involved in the topic at hand.