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.   action, background, development, climax and ending
B.   action, backdrop, development, climax and ending
C.   action, background, delivery, climax and ending
D.   arrangement, 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.   New Criticism
C.   Deconstruction
D.   Marxist criticism
Question #3
__________ insists that sexuality is culturally constructed.
A.   Feminist criticism
B.   Critical Race Theory
C.   Queer theory
D.   Postcolonial criticism
Question #4
__________ focuses on the roles and relationships of women and men in literature.
A.   Feminist criticism
B.   Psychoanalytic criticism
C.   Postcolonial criticism
D.   Queer theory
Question #5
When you examine characters’ internal mental states, desires, and motivations, you are employing _________ .
A.   Psychoanalytic criticism
B.   Deconstruction
C.   Feminist criticism
D.   Critical Race Theory
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.   Reader-response criticism
B.   New Criticism
C.   Marxist criticism
D.   New Historicism
Question #7
Reading about the life of an author to gain insight into literature is a technique of _________ .
A.   Postcolonial criticism
B.   Queer theory
C.   Psychoanalytic criticism
D.   New Historicism
Question #8
__________ acknowledges that socioeconomic forces affect people’s lives.
A.   Deconstruction
B.   Feminist criticism
C.   Critical Race Theory
D.   Marxist criticism

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