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61. Gynocriticism is associated with_________________?
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A. Ellen Moors

B. Elaine Showalter

C. Julia Kristeva

D. Kate Millet

62. With which theorist is phenomenology associated ?
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A. Edmund Husserl

B. All of the above answers are correct.

C. Jean-Paul Sartre

D. Wolfgang Iser

63. This literary critic coined the term fancy. ?
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A. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

B. Virginia Woolf

C. Carl Jung

D. Matthew Arnold

64. Ultimately, the literary theory of deconstruction argues that ?
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A. the meaning of a text always relies on context.

B. any system for the production of meaning is inevitably bound by context, yet also limitless.

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. texts are always heterogeneous.

65. How many poets were included in Jhonsons The Lives of Most Eminent English Poets ?
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A. 48

B. 52

C. 54

D. 50

66. The statements below are steps on How to Read and Understand an Expository Essay. Which comes in as an initial thing to do before writing an expository essay ?
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A. Identify External Factors Related to the Work

B. Identify the Mode of Development

C. Analysis of the Author

D. Subsequent Readings/Reviews

67. Which school of theorists is most closely associated with phenomenology ?
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A. The Frankfurt School

B. The Chicago School

C. The Geneva School

D. The Moscow School

68. Poetic Diction was taken to be the standard language for poetry in______________?
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A. The Neo-Classical Age

B. The Elizabethan Age

C. The Romantic Age

D. The Victorian Age

69. The concept of otherness is related to which of the following theories ?
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A. Psychoanalytic theory

B. Feminist theory

C. All of the above answers are correct.

D. Ethnic criticism

70. Literary Theory and Criticism________________?
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A. Pope

B. Dryden

C. Dr. Johnson

D. Addison

71. Which of the following figures is considered to be the father of the linguistic theory known as structuralism ?
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A. Karl Marx

B. Toni Morrison

C. Cleanth Brooks

D. Ferdinand de Saussure

72. Who is the writer of Hamlet and Oedipus (1949) ?
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A. Erik Erikson

B. Ernest Jones

C. Harold Bloom

D. Carl Jung

73. The New Critics were_________________?
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A. Marxist critics

B. Psychological Critics

C. Feminist critics

D. Formalist critics

74. Which of the following human behaviors is important to a Freudian psychoanalytic study of William Shakespeares Hamlet ?
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A. All of the above answers are correct.

B. Slips of the tongue

C. Changes in emotional states

D. Neurotic behavior

75. Ecotheorists tend to show an interest in which of the following ?
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A. Who is responsible for damaging the environment

B. How writers have damaged the environment

C. How writers conceptualize natural environments and the representation of environmental issues in literature and culture

D. How the environment can be repaired

76. Which of the following literary theorists is most closely associated with the concept that became known as liberal humanism ?
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A. Viktor Shklovsky

B. Aristotle

C. Stanley Fish

D. Toni Morrison

77. Preface to the Lyrical Ballads was written by_______________?
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A. Shelly

B. Coleridge

C. Wordsworth

D. Southey

78. Plato used the word mimesis in relation to literature with the meaning ?
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A. Representation

B. Copying

C. Interpretation

D. Criticism of life

79. Plato said that art is an imperfect reflection of the real world because______________?
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A. Art presents only part of the world

B. Art is an exaggeration of the world

C. Art tells lies about the world

D. Art describes only what appears and not what is real

80. The key word that characterised the Romantic movement was_______________?
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A. Inspiration

B. Imagination

C. Fancy

D. Decorum

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