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

B. Both sets of critics study the underlying forms of texts.

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

A. Texts are examined to determine the authors intent.

B. Texts are examined to see how the formal aspects of the text create meaning.

C. Texts are examined to see how colonizers and the colonized interact.

B. Julia Kristeva

C. Fredric Jameson

D. Terry Eagleton

A. It is impossible to view a piece of literature correctly, because we can only work within the hetero-normative paradigm.

B. It is impossible to view a piece of literature as its author intended.

C. It is impossible to divorce a text from capitalist ideology.

A. A theory that capitalizes on the interplay between literature and history

C. A theory that abandons the idea of history as an imitation of events

D. A theory that regards history as a series of narratives

A. Feminist theory

B. Postcolonial theory

D. Ethnic criticism

A. To bring to light social oppressions

B. To criticize society through satire

D. To entertain those who enjoy it

A. Literary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies.

C. Literary theory is sometimes very abstract and difficult to read.

D. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text.

A. Language includes multiple social dialects and jargons.

B. Language can include socioideological contradictions from the past.

C. Language is loaded with the intentions of others.

A. Considering womens literature outside of its historical context

B. Examining only female-authored literature more critically

C. Studying womens literature for its linguistic qualities only

B. To evaluate the role of historical context in the interpretation of literature

C. To formulate relationships among an author, a reader, and a literary work

D. To understand the role of sexuality, gender, race, and ethnicity in literary study

B. New Historicism is interested in how texts help us understand economic realities.

C. New Historicism does not make strict delineations between literary and nonliterary texts.

D. New Historicism takes a particular interest in marginalized peoples.

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

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

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

A. Claude Lvi-Strauss

C. Jacques Derrida

D. Jacques Lacan

A. Biography is essential to literary analysis

B. Politics and the economy are the most important factors in literary analysis

D. Psychoanalysis is critical to literary analysis

A. An idea explored by Viktor Shklovsky

B. A term that describes the capacity of art to counter the effects of habit

D. A concept associated with Russian formalism

A. Literary theory is employed mostly by academics.

B. Literary theory should not be an academic focus in English departments.

D. Literary theory often depends on esoteric knowledge to be properly understood.

A. Another term for the unconscious C. A term related to the period of psychosexual development that occurs before an infant reaches the mirror stage

C. A feminist term for the state that occurs when texts written by women are not considered in the study of literature

B. Understanding the authors consciousness

C. Reproducing the authors thoughts in a critical context

D. Entering the authors mind through his or her literary works

A. The examination of desires informing our consciousness

B. The examination of our unconscious experience

C. The examination of intricate structures within our unconscious

A. Psychological treatment

B. A figure of judgment

D. Religious belief

B. How writers have damaged the environment

C. How the environment can be repaired

D. Who is responsible for damaging the environment

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

C. As a historical object that is also aesthetic

D. As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic

A. a hymn

C. a song of pleasure

D. a praiseworthy song

A. As You like It

B. Othello

C. Macbeth

A. None of these

B. Blake

C. Browning

A. an essy

B. poem

D. novel

A. 1812

C. 1810

D. 1811

A. Alexander Pope

C. Franklin

D. Carlyle

B. Victorian poet

C. None of these

D. a modern poet

A. Elizabeth Barret Browning

B. Ted Hughes

C. Christina Rossetti

A. Nicoll

B. None of these

C. Dr. Johnson

A. Coleridge

C. Wordsworth

D. Arnold

B. L. Tolstoy

C. A. Pope

D. H.G. Wells

A. Jane Austen

B. Emily Bronte

D. Anne Bronte

A. D.H. Lawrence

B. John Milton

C. None of these

A. Vindictive

B. None of these

C. Friendly

A. Mark Twain

C. Emily Dickinson

D. Robert Frost

B. Christopher Marlowe

C. Robert Green

D. John Lyly

A. none of these

B. Milan

C. Turin

A. Shakespeare

C. Coleridge

D. Keats

B. William Shakespeare

C. Christopher Marlowe

D. George Bernard Shaw

A. a sonnet

B. a poem

C. a lamentation

A. the Christmas carol

B. oliver twist

D. a tale of two cities

A. Pearl S. Bark

C. Jane Austen

D. Virginia Woolf

A. De Quincey

B. Shelly

D. None of these

A. Shelley

B. Coleridge

D. Blake

B. 42

C. 98

D. 67

A. choice of simile and metaphor

B. choice of characters

D. choice of rhythms

A. a snobbish wife

B. a hypocritical wife

D. a loving wife