View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ecocriticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Peter Barry at the beginning of the book "Beginning Theory," many of the chapters in the book were based on material Barry has used in the "Introduction to Literature" courses at what university?
(a) ASU.
(b) LSU.
(c) FSU.
(d) TSU.

2. Peter Barry explains that ________'s most significant thinking was contained in the essays "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time" and "The Study of Poetry."
(a) Voltaire.
(b) Matthew Arnold.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Mark Twain.

3. Dollimore and Sinfield defined the term "Political Shakespeare" as designating a critical method which has ________ characteristics.
(a) Four.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Two.

4. ________ was probably the most influential figure in twentieth-century British criticism according to author Peter Barry.
(a) Edward Jablonski.
(b) Patrick Tilley.
(c) F.R. Leavis.
(d) Douglas Adams.

5. Which of the following terms best fit the following definition: "a form of literary criticism which uses some of the techniques of psychoanalysis in the interpretation of literature"?
(a) Applied criticism.
(b) Practical criticism.
(c) Impressionistic criticism.
(d) Psychoanalytic criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the chapter "New Historicism and Cultural Materialism," the notion of the state as all-powerful and all-seeing stems from the post-structuralist cultural historian ________.

2. What was the name of the American journal that was considered the "house magazine" of the new historicism?

3. In the following statement found in the chapter "New Historicism and Cultural Materialism," what does the word "panoptic" mean: "Michel Foucault's pervasive image of the state is that of 'panoptic'"?

4. Author Peter Barry explains that a major "moment" in the history of postmodernism was the influential paper "Modernity-an Incomplete Project" delivered by the contemporary ________ theorist ________.

5. From which of Babara Johnson's literary pieces can the following definition of deconstructive reading be found according to author Peter Barry: "Deconstruction is not synonymous with 'destruction.' It is in fact much closer to the original meaning of the word 'analysis,' which etymologically means 'to undo'"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 342 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample