How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?

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1. How did one critic sum up Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot ?

   A. \nothing happens-twice\
   B. \political correctness gone mad\
   C. \kitchen sink drama\
   D. \angry young men

2. Which of the following best describes Samuel Beckett’s play “Waiting for Godot” ?

   A. Beckett’s work expresses a certain frustration with the inability of language to fully capture the human condition.
   B. Beckett’s play explores how language helps to form one’s notion of self.
   C. Beckett’s work captures an almost transcendent melancholy as it explores human
   desires for a redemption that may or may not ever materialize.
   D. All of the above

3. Which of the following statements best represents the main theme of Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot” ?

   A. The world can be fully understood if people listen closely to what others are saying.
   B. Good things, including salvation, come to those who are patient.
   C. Redemption comes from surrendering to a higher power.
   D. People are fundamentally unable to realize any sort of inherent meaning in existence.

4. 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

5. A critic examining John Milton’s “Paradise Lost” focuses on the physical description of the Garden of Eden, on the symbols of hands, seed, and flower, and on the characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, and God. He pays special attention to the epic similes and metaphors and the point of view from which the tale is being told. He looks for meaning in the text itself, and does not refer to any biography of Milton. He is most likely a critic ?

   A. Reader Response
   B. Feminist
   C. Mimetic
   D. Formalist

6. A critic of Thomas Otway’s “Venice Preserv’d” wishes to know why the play’s conspirators, despite the horrible, bloody details of their obviously brutish plan, are portrayed in a sympathetic light. She examines the author’s life and times and discovers that there are obvious similarities between the conspiracy in the play and the Popish Plot. She is most likely a critic ?

   A. Historical
   B. Feminist
   C. Tory
   D. Psychological

7. A critic argues that in John Milton’s “Samson Agonistes,” the shearing of Samson’s locks is symbolic of his castration at the hands of Delilah. What kind of critical approach is this critic using ?

   A. Mimetic approach
   B. Formalist approach
   C. Historical approach
   D. Psychological approach

8. A critic examining Pope’s “An Essay on Man” asks herself: How well does this poem accord with the real world? Is it accurate? Is it moral? She is most likely a critic?

   A. Feminist
   B. Reader Response
   C. Formalist
   D. Mimetic

9. According to Samuel Johnson, \No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for_____________?

   A. love.\
   B. honor.\
   C. money.\
   D. his party.\

10. While compiling what sort of book did Samuel Richardson conceive of the idea for his Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded ?

    A. a history of everyday life
    B. an instructional manual for manners
    C. a book of devotion
    D. a book of model letters