What does Edward Said argue about the concept of the Orient ?

Related Mcqs:

1. What does Edward Said argue about the concept of the Orient ?

   A. It has little relationship to the colonization of Asian countries by the West.
   B. It illustrates the fundamental political equality of all nations.
   C. It was produced by Western scholarship.
   D. Its literature is less proud that that of the West.

2. What does Elaine Showalter argue about gender in terms of representations of the character of Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?

   A. Ophelia’s madness represents the social oppression of women.
   B. It is nearly impossible to represent women as anything other than mad in patriarchal discourses.
   C. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate Ophelia for their own purposes.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

3. What does Elaine Showalter argue about gender in terms of representations of the character of Ophelia in William Shakespeare’s Hamlet ?

   A. It is nearly impossible to represent women as anything other than mad in patriarchal discourses.
   B. Feminist critics need to re-appropriate Ophelia for their own purposes.
   C. Women’s tragedies tend to be subordinated to those of men.
   D. All of the above

4. In the play, “Richard III,” who is the mother of Prince Edward ?

   A. Lady Anne
   B. Queen Elizabeth
   C. Margaret
   D. Duchess of York

5. Which kind of poem is Edward Lear associated with ?

   A. Nature
   B. Epics
   C. Sonnets
   D. Nonsense

6. About Edward Taylor_____________?

   A. Wrote Huswifery in an ornate style that wouldn’t have been accepted by the Puritans
   B. Wrote a poem about his house burning down
   C. Was exiled to the New World because he wouldn’t talk to the Church of England
   D. A and C

7. Edward King, a minor poet and a contemporary of Milton’s at Cambridge, was drowned at sea in 1637. Milton wrote an elegy for him. What was the title of this poem ?

   A. lycidas
   B. Paradise Lost
   C. II penseroso
   D. none of the above

8. 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.

9. Detractors argue that such an approach can be too “judgmental.” Some believe literature should be judged primarily (if not solely) on its artistic merits. What approach possess this disadvantage ?

   A. Psychological
   B. Formalism/New Criticism
   C. Moral/Philosophical
   D. Historical/Biographical

10. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

    A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
    B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
    C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
    D. All of the above answers are correct.