Quiz 5 Eapp

A. Identify each statement as TRUE OR FALSE. Write the word TRUE if the  statement is correct and FALSE if
the statement is incorrect. 
1. Psychological Criticism Investigates the creative process of the artist.
2. Gender criticism is always feminism. 
3. Reader-Response Criticism describe what happens in the writer’s mind while  interpreting a text 
4. Biographical Criticism relate the life of the creator to the subject.
5. A critique is a systematic, yet personal response and evaluation of what you read. 

B. Analyze each statement, then choose the letter of the correct answer. 
1. In order to distinguish between all of the dwarves, the author chose names  according to their personalities
and characteristics, making it easier for the reader  to distinguish them. 
a. Psychoanalytic Criticism c. Biographical Criticism b. Formalist Criticism d. Archetypal Criticism 
2. In the movie “Beauty and the Beast”, the women who follow Gaston around act as  a stereotype on how
women are dependent on men and metaphorically follow them  through life. 
a. Marxist Criticism c. Biographical Criticism b. Gender Criticism d. Archetypal Criticism 
3. The Beast, a wealthy prince, is able to steal an innocent, young poor girl and drag  her away to his castle,
never to return to her working class family, just because he  is lonely and wants company. 
a. Gender Criticism c. Marxist Criticism 
b. Archetypal Criticism d. Biographical Criticism 
4. Throughout The Lord of the Rings trilogy the fellowship doesn’t contain a single  strong female character,
and while there are some female side characters none of  them really come to the forefront of importance. 
a. Gender Criticism c. Marxist Criticism 
b. Formalist Criticism d. Biographical Criticism 
5. In order to create a more realistic world, JRR Tolkien created several languages  and myths as part of the
linguistic tapestry of The Lord of the Rings novels. a. Gender Criticism c. Marxist Criticism 
b. Biographical Criticism d. Formalist Criticism 

Directions. Read the statements carefully. Choose the correct word to complete each  sentence. Write your
answer on a separate sheet of paper. 
1. A critique is a careful analysis of an (opinion, argument). 
2. A critique is based not only on personal perspective but should be grounded on  (actual, envisioned)
observations. 
3. To the formalist critic are the elements of form—style, structure, (tone, music),  imagery and all elements
that work together to create the text. 
4. Biographical approach begins with the assumption that understanding an  author’s (ideas, life) can help
readers more thoroughly comprehend the work. 5. Historical Approach focuses on the (contrast, connection)
of the work to the  historical period in which it was written. 
6. Psychological approach reflects the effect that modern (culture, psychology) has  had on literature. 
7. Sociological approach examines literature in the cultural, economic and (spiritual,  political) context in which
it is written or received. 
8. Gender approach helps us examine how the images of men and women reflect the  social forces that have
kept the sexes from achieving total (inequality, equality). 9. Reader-response criticism argues that the
meaning of a text is (dependent,  independent) upon the reader’s response to it. 
10. Marxist criticism focuses on economic and (mental, social) conditions and is based  in the political theory
of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels.