English 104 - Critical Analysis and Literature » Fall 2021 » Final Exam

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Question #1
Name the five elements of Alice Adams' proposed alphabet-lettered structure formula: ABDCE.
A.   arrangement, background, development, climax and ending
B.   action, backdrop, development, climax and ending
C.   action, background, delivery, climax and ending
D.   action, background, development, climax and ending
Question #2
_________ posits that meaning shifts and alters as our understanding of the world changes, which allows for several interpretations—even contradictory interpretations—to exist simultaneously.
A.   Feminist criticism
B.   Marxist criticism
C.   New Criticism
D.   Deconstruction
Question #3
__________ insists that sexuality is culturally constructed.
A.   Queer theory
B.   Critical Race Theory
C.   Postcolonial criticism
D.   Feminist criticism
Question #4
__________ focuses on the roles and relationships of women and men in literature.
A.   Queer theory
B.   Postcolonial criticism
C.   Psychoanalytic criticism
D.   Feminist criticism
Question #5
When you examine characters’ internal mental states, desires, and motivations, you are employing _________ .
A.   Deconstruction
B.   Critical Race Theory
C.   Feminist criticism
D.   Psychoanalytic criticism
Question #6
According to __________ the audience does not just passively attempt to understand a text, but also takes part in the creation of it.
A.   New Historicism
B.   Marxist criticism
C.   Reader-response criticism
D.   New Criticism
Question #7
Reading about the life of an author to gain insight into literature is a technique of _________ .
A.   New Historicism
B.   Psychoanalytic criticism
C.   Queer theory
D.   Postcolonial criticism
Question #8
__________ acknowledges that socioeconomic forces affect people’s lives.
A.   Feminist criticism
B.   Critical Race Theory
C.   Deconstruction
D.   Marxist criticism

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