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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 151. |
Who described new historicism as “a reciprocal concern with the historicity of texts and textuality of history? |
| A. | louis montrose |
| B. | stephen green blatt |
| C. | catherine galager |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. louis montrose | |
| 152. |
is the term used by new historicists to suggest verbal formations which are the “Ideological products” or “cultural constructs” of a specific area. |
| A. | representations |
| B. | mythologies |
| C. | products |
| D. | ideology |
| Answer» A. representations | |
| 153. |
The book The New Historicism, a collection of essays by new historicists, Louis Montrose, Stephen Green Blatt and others is edited by_ |
| A. | h aram veeser |
| B. | louis montrose |
| C. | stephen green blatt |
| D. | catherine galager |
| Answer» A. h aram veeser | |
| 154. |
Who used the term “ecocriticism” for the first time in 1978? |
| A. | william rueckert |
| B. | raymond williams |
| C. | leo marx |
| D. | donald worster |
| Answer» A. william rueckert | |
| 155. |
An early ecocritical work The country and the City (1973) is written by |
| A. | raymond williams |
| B. | william rueckert |
| C. | leo marx |
| D. | donald worster |
| Answer» A. raymond williams | |
| 156. |
The book Romantic Ecology (1991) is written by the British critic |
| A. | rachel carlson |
| B. | joseph meeker |
| C. | raymond williams |
| D. | jonathan bate |
| Answer» D. jonathan bate | |
| 157. |
Who wrote the book Silent Spring (1962) on toxic effects of residue of chemicals? |
| A. | rachel carson |
| B. | william rueckert |
| C. | raymond williams |
| D. | leo marx |
| Answer» A. rachel carson | |
| 158. |
is a term used for placing human beings at the centre of everything and its opposite is ecocentrism. |
| A. | anthropocentrism |
| B. | phonocentricism |
| C. | logocentricism |
| D. | technocentricsm |
| Answer» A. anthropocentrism | |
| 159. |
Who coined the term “Literary ecology” in 1972? |
| A. | william ruckert |
| B. | rachel carlson |
| C. | joseph meeker |
| D. | raymond williams |
| Answer» C. joseph meeker | |
| 160. |
Who wrote the essay “nature” which argued that all human actions are irrational because they try to change or alter the course of nature? |
| A. | js mill |
| B. | rachel carlson |
| C. | joseph meeker |
| D. | wordsworth |
| Answer» A. js mill | |
| 161. |
Who wrote The Population Bomb (1972) one of the most popular environmentalist books ever written? |
| A. | rachel carlson |
| B. | paul ehrlich |
| C. | joseph meeker |
| D. | jonathan bate |
| Answer» B. paul ehrlich | |
| 162. |
argue that patriarchal societies’ values and beliefs have resulted in the oppression of both women and nature. |
| A. | ecofeminists |
| B. | feminists |
| C. | ecologists |
| D. | economists |
| Answer» A. ecofeminists | |
| 163. |
Vandana Shiva’s book_ an important ecofeminist book saw ancient India as possessing a more environment friendly culture. |
| A. | mother earth |
| B. | moby dick |
| C. | staying alive |
| D. | made from this earth |
| Answer» C. staying alive | |
| 164. |
The main charge of cultural Materialists against New Historicists is that their readings are |
| A. | non political |
| B. | historical |
| C. | economical |
| D. | political |
| Answer» A. non political | |
| 165. |
A term that regularly occurs in New Historicists books is_ |
| A. | hybridity |
| B. | dialogism |
| C. | intertextuality |
| D. | circulation |
| Answer» D. circulation | |
| 166. |
is an alternative term for Cultural Materialism |
| A. | new historicism |
| B. | deconstruction |
| C. | structuralism |
| D. | cultural poetics |
| Answer» D. cultural poetics | |
| 167. |
Of the following which is not a feature of post modernist writing |
| A. | pastiche |
| B. | parody |
| C. | eclectic approach |
| D. | symbolism |
| Answer» D. symbolism | |
| 168. |
Who wrote The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1984) which is an analysis of various aspects of post modernism? |
| A. | jean–francois lyotard |
| B. | saussure |
| C. | barthes |
| D. | terry eagleton. |
| Answer» A. jean–francois lyotard | |
| 169. |
Who put forward the proposition that all literary texts have gaps or lacunae, which is an important concept in reader‐response theory? |
| A. | wolfgang iser |
| B. | saussure |
| C. | lacan |
| D. | freud |
| Answer» A. wolfgang iser | |
| 170. |
Who made a distinction between ‘open’ and ‘closed texts? |
| A. | gayathri spivak |
| B. | derrida |
| C. | lacan |
| D. | umberto eco |
| Answer» D. umberto eco | |
| 171. |
In post colonialism the condition of being the subject of cross‐breeding is called_ |
| A. | marginality |
| B. | colonialism |
| C. | hybridity |
| D. | modernism |
| Answer» C. hybridity | |
| 172. |
Who made a controversy by famously saying that the Gulf war did not take place |
| A. | barthes |
| B. | jean baudrillard |
| C. | lyotard |
| D. | saddam hussein |
| Answer» B. jean baudrillard | |
| 173. |
Simulation and simulacra are whose notions? |
| A. | jean budrillard’s |
| B. | lyotard’s |
| C. | barthe’s |
| D. | babha’s |
| Answer» A. jean budrillard’s | |
| 174. |
The term “Social realism” is connected with |
| A. | structuralism |
| B. | marxist criticism |
| C. | modernism |
| D. | post structuralism |
| Answer» B. marxist criticism | |
| 175. |
Hungarian Marxist Critic Georg Lukacs developed a theory known as seeing literary works as reflections of a kind of system that was gradually unfolding |
| A. | realism |
| B. | expressionism |
| C. | reflection |
| D. | dadaism |
| Answer» C. reflection | |
| 176. |
Which Marxist playwright is connected with the epic theatre? |
| A. | bertolt brecht |
| B. | theodor adorno |
| C. | george lukas |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» A. bertolt brecht | |
| 177. |
Who of the following figures is not associated with Frankfurt School of Marxist aesthetics founded in 1923? |
| A. | theodor adorno |
| B. | max horkheimer |
| C. | herbert marcuse |
| D. | bertolt brecht |
| Answer» D. bertolt brecht | |
| 178. |
Whose definition is “Art is the negative knowledge of the actual world”? |
| A. | theodore adorno |
| B. | marcuse |
| C. | horkheimer |
| D. | herbert marcuse |
| Answer» A. theodore adorno | |
| 179. |
Who wrote the essay “The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Porduction”? |
| A. | walter benjamin |
| B. | bertolt brecht |
| C. | theodor adorno |
| D. | edward said |
| Answer» A. walter benjamin | |
| 180. |
Which Marxist critic developed the theory of homologies? |
| A. | lucien goldman |
| B. | adorno |
| C. | lukacs |
| D. | walter benjamin |
| Answer» A. lucien goldman | |
| 181. |
The first English Marxist Critic of note was who wrote Illusion and Reality is |
| A. | brecht |
| B. | gramsci |
| C. | christopher caudwell |
| D. | althusser |
| Answer» C. christopher caudwell | |
| 182. |
Cyberpunk is a subspecies of |
| A. | science fiction |
| B. | novel |
| C. | drama |
| D. | poetry |
| Answer» A. science fiction | |
| 183. |
Fiction dealing with fiction is called |
| A. | metafiction |
| B. | metadrama |
| C. | metanarative |
| D. | metacriticism |
| Answer» A. metafiction | |
| 184. |
Grand narrative/metanarrative is a concept of_ |
| A. | lyotard |
| B. | barthes |
| C. | baudrillard |
| D. | paul de man |
| Answer» A. lyotard | |
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