Related Mcqs:

1. To what idea does the term heteroglossia refer ?

   A. An infant’s inability to speak prior to the mirror stage
   B. The referential relationships among symbols, signifiers, and signs
   C. The multi-layered nature of language in a literary work
   D. All of the above answers are correct

2. To what idea does the ancient Greek term aporia refer in terms of deconstruction theory ?

   A. The ability of a text to contain truth
   B. The “undecidability” and essentially unstable nature of a text
   C. The idea that a text has a specific meaning that can be understood through a process of deconstruction
   D. Jacques Derrida’s style of writing

3. Complete the following sentence. Keats’s idea of “negative capability” refers to the idea that______________?

   A. certain people are simply incapable of understanding poetry.
   B. the true poet must be comfortable with balancing conflicting ideas.
   C. the poet cannot express anything beyond his own experience.
   D. it is only in the absence of experience that true poetry can emerge.

4. The term Implicature might refer to_________?

   A. Text Structure
   B. Double meaning
   C. Conversational structure
   D. None of these

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

5. In the play, “Twelfth Night,” what does Viola refer to herself as when she disguises herself as a man ?

   A. Orsino
   B. Sir Toby
   C. Antonio
   D. Cesario

6. To what does the title of Joyce’s short story “After the Race” refer ?

   A. the race for more modes of transportation
   B. the decline of the Irish race
   C. the race to establish an empire
   D. the race for Ireland’s welfare

7. This critical approach assumes that language does not refer to any external reality. It can assert several, contradictory interpretations of one text ?

   A. Deconstructionism
   B. Formalist Criticism
   C. Structuralism
   D. Mimetic Criticism

8. 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

9. What does the phrase “White Man’s Burden,” coined by Kipling, refer to ?

   A. Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize the world
   B. the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world
   C. the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world
   D. the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world’s problems

10. What does the phrase \White Man’s Burden,\ coined by Kipling, refer to ?

    A. Britain’s manifest destiny to colonize the world
    B. the moral responsibility to bring civilization and Christianity to the peoples of the world
    C. the British need to improve technology and transportation in other parts of the world
    D. the importance of solving economic and social problems in England before tackling the world’s problems