The New Critics were_________________?

Related Mcqs:

1. Formalist critics believe that the value of a work cannot be determined by the author’s intention. What term do they use when speaking of this belief ?

   A. The pathetic fallacy
   B. The intentional fallacy
   C. The affective fallacy
   D. The objective correlative

2. Some critics of literary theory argue that literary theory is problematic for which reason ?

   A. Literary theory tends to be too political.
   B. Literary theory does not offer a holistic interpretation of a text.
   C. Literary theory depends on specialized knowledge that is outside the realm of literary studies.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

3. What do structuralist and formalist critics have in common ?

   A. Both sets of critics reject the importance of historical context in studying literature.
   B. Both sets of critics look for an objective way to view texts.
   C. Both sets of critics focus on evaluating literature in a scientific manner.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

4. Which of the following critics preferred Shakespeare’s Comedies to his Tragedies ?

   A. Dryden
   B. Pope
   C. Dr. Johnson
   D. Addison

5. How did the New Critics view literature ?

   A. As an aesthetic object that is independent of historical context
   B. As an aesthetic object that is influenced by historical context
   C. As a historical object that is also aesthetic
   D. As a historical object that is not necessarily aesthetic

6. According to most critics, Vita Nuova is an example of which of the following genres ?

   A. Autobiography
   B. Framed narrative
   C. Lyric poetry
   D. All of the above

7. According to most critics, what does Geryon represent in The Inferno ?

   A. Fraud
   B. Reason
   C. Justice
   D. Lust

8. According to critics, what is the function of The Dubliners’ third person narration ?

   A. it counters the sense of unrequited love
   B. it is used only to disrupt the more prominent first-person narration
   C. it makes the stories seem more impersonal
   D. it breaks through the sense of paralysis

9. Literary critics who analyze the works of Salman Rushdie often engage which “Post-Modern” school of criticism ?

   A. Marxism
   B. Post-Colonial Theory
   C. Deconstruction
   D. Feminism

10. What do most critics believe the “rose” of The Romance of the Rose symbolizes ?

    A. justice
    B. piety
    C. sexuality
    D. education