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

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