Question: Reader-response theory focuses on considering how ?

• 1. readers choose their favorite works of literature.
• 2. readers experience a literary work.
• 3. readers decide which works of literature to read.
• 4. readers develop their own unique and personal critical discourses.

Question: In his “Poetics”, Aristotle suggests that tragic literary works should be ?

• 1. logical in terms of plot and structure.
• 2. complex in terms of plot and structure.
• 3. without any sort of moral insight.
• 4. sad.

Question: What does a prologue serve to do in a Greek tragedy or comedy ?

• 1. Introduce the main characters
• 2. Preview the play’s conclusion
• 3. Provide insight into the play’s mythological background
• 4. Remind the viewers of what kind of play they are viewing

Question: Aristotle felt that ethos was established by a speaker or writer by convincing the audience that ?

• 1. the author or speaker was of good mind and character.
• 2. the author or speaker was emotionally involved in the topic at hand.
• 3. the author or speaker has provided proper logic and evidence in support of his topic.
• 4. the author or speaker maintained the appropriate critical distance from the topic.

Question: Lauren Beth Signore’s essay, “Anne of Green Gables: The Transformation from Bildungsroman to Romantic Comedy”, argues that Anne of Green Gables is ultimately what kind of character ?

• 1. A romantic awaiting true love
• 2. A cynic awaiting the world’s destruction
• 3. A delusional girl with no grasp on reality
• 4. A young girl with a particularly dark Mindset

Question: Which of the following descriptions of Jane Austen’s “Northanger Abbey” seems most appropriate ?

• 1. It offers a critique of Romantic poetry and ideology.
• 2. It serves to parody gothic novels.
• 3. It is a horror novel.
• 4. It is a memoir based on Jane Austen’s childhood.

Question: What is the difference between traditional literary criticism and post-New Criticism literary theory ?

• 1. Traditional literary criticism is mainly focused on exploring gender issues.
• 2. Traditional literary criticism only examines pre-20th-century literary texts.
• 3. Traditional literary criticism focused on tracking influences and textual allusions and considering the historical contexts of literary texts.
• 4. Traditional literary criticism attempted to consider the psychological aspects of literary texts.

Question: A gothic novel will probably not deal with which of the following themes ?

• 1. The sublime
• 2. The supernatural
• 3. Love
• 4. The manners and traditions of the upper classes

Question: According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, what is the difference between a historical narrative and a historical novel ?

• 1. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.
• 2. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.
• 3. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.
• 4. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist.

Question: Marxist theory focuses on examining which of the following aspects of literary texts ?

• 1. The political and social meanings of literary texts
• 2. Characters who are sympathetic to issues facing the working classes
• 3. The relationship between economics and the production of literary texts
• 4. All of these