Beginning Theory: An Introduction to Literary and Cultural Theory Test | Final Test - Medium

Final Test

This test consists of 5 multiple choice, 5 short answer, and 0 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. A poem of which author is provided by Peter Barry as an example of ecocriticism?
a) Vladimir Nabokov.
b) D.H. Lawrence.
c) Thomas Hardy.
d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

2. Which of the following term is about "lexical items" (words) which cross the boundaries between sentences, binding them into a single continuous utterance, even though they are grammatically separate sentences?
a) Trope.
b) Trace.
c) Cohesion.
d) Syntax.

3. Which of the following authors wrote the essay "What Has Never Been: An Overview of Lesbian Feminist Criticism" and attacked "essentialism," pointing out the way "the perceptual screen of hetero-sexism" prevented any consideration of lesbian issues in pioneering feminist writing?
a) Muriel Spark.
b) Bonnie Zimmerman.
c) Adrienne...
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