introduction to literary studies MCQs – Page 3

B. Hamlet is intellectually passive and deeply frightened of his fathers ghost.

C. Hamlet is naive and simple minded.

D. Hamlet is spoiled and manipulative.

A. New Criticism.

B. structuralism.

D. Marxist criticism.

A. All novelists are painters at heart.

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

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

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

B. The political and social meanings of literary texts

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

B. A play in which characters make humorous remarks

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

D. A play in which no characters die or suffer

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

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

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

B. readers choose their favorite works of literature.

C. readers decide which works of literature to read.

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

B. The psychological study of authors

C. A system for categorizing books

D. A reader-response test

A. Pathos refers to a writers ability to present evidence.

B. Pathos refers to a writers presentation of character and image.

C. Pathos refers to a writers ability to inspire action in readers.

B. 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.

B. A narrative that summarizes the plot of the novel

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

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

A. The ways in which appearances dont always match realities

B. The conflict between marriages based on love and those based on money

D. The danger in not recognizing the difference between reality and fiction

B. Emotional arguments

C. Deductive arguments

D. Inductive arguments

B. A narrative poem is a poem that does not have a plot or tell a story.

C. A narrative poem is vague and difficult in style.

D. A narrative poem is a poem written in the style of a conversation.

A. They explore mysterious religious topics.

B. They involve the solving of a crime.

D. They were written by medieval mystics.

B. A poem that eulogizes the dead

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

D. A poem that has no rhyme scheme

A. In a Greek tragedy, the hero suffers but always survives at the end of the play.

B. In a Greek tragedy, evil people are vanquished by the forces of good.

D. In a Greek tragedy, the tragic hero dies at the end of the play.

A. A novel set in the past

B. A novel that consists entirely of dialogue

D. A novel that is set in the countryside of Europe

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

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

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

A. wanted to subvert middle class values.

B. had a negative view of human nature.

D. wrote in a hyperrealistic fashion.