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1) Which of the following offers the best description of the concept of logos ? a. Logos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image. b. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to present evidence. c. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers. d. Logos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.
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2) A postmodern play would most likely not make use of which of the following theatrical traditions ? a. A minimalist stage and strict adherence to the script b. Video clips and the use of popular music c. Nonlinear storytelling and the embracement of popular culture d. A pastiche of different literary and historical sources
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3) Feminist criticism focuses on exploring which of the following aspects of literary texts ? a. How women are portrayed in literary texts b. The psychologies of female writers c. How women have been socially oppressed in literary texts d. All of these
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4) Which of the following represents a stage of development in the poetic form of the elegy ? a. Lamentation, in which the speaker demonstrates grief b. Praise and admiration for the dead c. Consolation and solace d. All of these
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5) According to Dr. Mark Canada’s “An Introduction to the Novel”, Richard Chase identifies which of the following as a main difference between novels and romances ? a. The language in which they are written b. The way they view reality c. The way they are structured d. The type of people who write them
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6) Which of the following statements demonstrates use of logos ? a. I began driving at the age of 16 and have never been involved in a serious car accident. b. No one under the age of 18 should be allowed to drive. c. Research has demonstrated that some people under the age of 18 do not have the proper judgment skills to handle operating a car. d. Every year countless people are killed by drivers under the age of 18.
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7) Which of the following statements best describes Catherine Moreland in “Northanger Abbey” ? a. She is mature and realistic. b. She is immature and has difficulty recognizing the difference between fact and fiction. c. She is a matchmaker trying to set up romances between her friends, all the while unable to find true love herself. d. B and C
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8) A work of literary criticism that considers how social and economic power structures are depicted in a 19th-century English novel would be an example of which type of literary criticism ? a. Marxist criticism b. Reader-response criticism c. Psychoanalytic criticism d. New Criticism
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9) Which of the following are common literary elements used to analyze novels ? a. Character b. Setting c. Plot d. All of these
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10) Gerald Graff’s “They Say, I Say” encourages students to become______________? a. passive readers and critics of literary texts. b. involved in critical conversations about literary texts. c. capable of realizing that the viewpoints of some critics are more important than others. d. aware that Hamlet is a remarkable work of literature.
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11) In Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot”, which of the following statements best describes the play’s setting ? a. Stark and sterile b. Flowery and ornate c. Futuristic and technologically advanced d. Ancient and sophisticated
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12) A writer can establish ethos in a piece of writing by doing which of the following ? a. Using informal language b. Demonstrating a mastery of the topic c. Appealing to the reader’s emotions d. Using logic and reason
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13) In his introductory lecture, how does Paul Fry define literary theory ? a. A hypothesis about how literary texts can be understood b. A methodology for applying ideas to literary texts c. The practice of interpreting literary texts d. A trend in university English departments
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14) Which of the following lines of poetry is written in iambic pentameter ? a. “To be or not to be, that is the question.” b. “And the world didn’t even think of stopping for me.” c. “I played about the front gate, pulling flowers.” d. “I wandered lonely as a cloud.”
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15) Psychoanalytic criticism during its earliest stages tended to focus on_____________? a. the psychologies of individual authors. b. the typographical structures of literary texts. c. translation issues. d. how children relate to their parents in terms of literary texts.
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16) In Dr. R. Allen Shoaf’s article, “’Hamlet’: Like Mother, Like Son”, Shoaf argues which of the following points about the relationship between Hamlet and his mother ? a. Hamlet is placed in a position that can be conceptualized as feminine. b. 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.
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17) In poetry, each unit of rhythm is known as______________? a. a line. b. a foot. c. a measure. d. a meter.
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18) Which of the following statements about the plot of Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” is not true ? a. Hamlet is deeply disturbed by his father’s death. b. It is never proven within the play that Claudius murdered King Hamlet. c. Hamlet doubts the proper course of action to take. d. Ophelia dies by drowning.
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19) Which of the following serves as the best definition of the literary critical practice of formalism ? a. Formalism focuses on examining how a text exemplifies its writer’s psychology. b. Formalism focuses on examining the structural dynamics of poems. c. Formalism focuses on examining the use of literary devices within a literary text. d. Formalism focuses on examining the historical contexts and backgrounds of literary texts.
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20) Which of the following poetic lines is an example of a couplet ? a. “Into my head there will come / a beach of cotton, a dock where from.” b. “To kiss the sky / to be the sun / is to live forever.” c. “I heard a car crash / just as I died.” d. “Death comes for all of us / even you.”
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