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| 1. |
The main proponents of post-structuralism |
| A. | jacques derrida |
| B. | jaques lacan |
| C. | michel foucault |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 2. |
Who are the most prominent theoretician and practitioner of ‘Deconstruction’ |
| A. | husserl |
| B. | derrida |
| C. | barthes |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. derrida | |
| 3. |
The linguist generally associated with the initiation of ‘Structuralism’ as a movement is: |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | simon blackburn, |
| C. | noam chomsky |
| D. | levi-strauss |
| Answer» A. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 4. |
Which of the following critics is associated with post-structuralism rather than structuralism |
| A. | michel foucault |
| B. | vladimir propp |
| C. | roman jacobson |
| D. | jacques lacan |
| Answer» A. michel foucault | |
| 5. |
Post-structuralism is a movement that came to prominence first during the 1960s. the movement was basically a response against: |
| A. | colonialism |
| B. | humanism |
| C. | structuralism |
| D. | post-colonialism. 6.theoretician who applied structuralism to literary texts and such cultural artifacts is |
| Answer» C. structuralism | |
| 6. |
The general science of sign is known as |
| A. | philology |
| B. | linguistics |
| C. | semiology |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. semiology | |
| 7. |
The concept of ‘Metalanguage’ was mentioned in: |
| A. | the death of the author |
| B. | elements of semiology |
| C. | lecture series |
| D. | elements of semiology |
| Answer» D. elements of semiology | |
| 8. |
The Open Work was created by: |
| A. | ronald barthes |
| B. | umberto eco |
| C. | lévi-strauss |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» B. umberto eco | |
| 9. |
The concept of ‘Metalanguage’ was developed by: |
| A. | derrida |
| B. | levi-strauss |
| C. | searle |
| D. | barthes |
| Answer» D. barthes | |
| 10. |
Speech and Phenomenon is written by |
| A. | roland barthes |
| B. | julia kristeva |
| C. | jacques derrida |
| D. | foucault |
| Answer» C. jacques derrida | |
| 11. |
The Death of the Author is the work of |
| A. | roland barthe |
| B. | julia kristeva |
| C. | jacques derrida |
| D. | foucault |
| Answer» A. roland barthe | |
| 12. |
One of the key terms in Derrida’s thought is |
| A. | good writing |
| B. | structuralism |
| C. | difference |
| D. | presence |
| Answer» C. difference | |
| 13. |
Post-structuralism gets connected most commonly to structuralism. Nevertheless, it also gets related to another literary movement which is: |
| A. | postmodernism |
| B. | post-colonialism |
| C. | colonial literature |
| D. | neoclassicism |
| Answer» A. postmodernism | |
| 14. |
The concept which establishes an association between post-structuralism and postmodernism is: |
| A. | structuralism |
| B. | classicism |
| C. | common literary beliefs |
| D. | humanism |
| Answer» D. humanism | |
| 15. |
Derrida calls ‘preference for presence over absence’ as |
| A. | illusion |
| B. | prejudice |
| C. | metaphysics of presence |
| D. | first principle |
| Answer» C. metaphysics of presence | |
| 16. |
Post-structuralism, as a movement, developed in: |
| A. | england |
| B. | france |
| C. | italy |
| D. | austria |
| Answer» B. france | |
| 17. |
Where did logical positivism originate |
| A. | italy & germany |
| B. | austria & america |
| C. | austria & germany |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. austria & germany | |
| 18. |
Author of The New Science |
| A. | jean baudrillard |
| B. | giambattista vico |
| C. | jean-françois lyotard |
| D. | jean jacques rousseau |
| Answer» B. giambattista vico | |
| 19. |
Jacques Derrida cannonballed into the American academy with this paper, in 1966: |
| A. | "the purveyor of truth" |
| B. | "seminar on \the purloined letter\" |
| C. | "structure, sign, and play in the discourse of the human sciences" |
| D. | "can the subaltern speak?" jacques derrida\s of grammatology explains: |
| Answer» C. "structure, sign, and play in the discourse of the human sciences" | |
| 20. |
Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology explains: |
| A. | theory of "writing" |
| B. | issues with jacques lacan |
| C. | plan for world domination |
| D. | the grammar of modern klingon |
| Answer» A. theory of "writing" | |
| 21. |
Which author-hating lit critic and cultural theorist described text as a "multi-dimensional space," and a "tissue of quotations" |
| A. | jean-luc picard |
| B. | roland barthes |
| C. | michel foucault |
| D. | barbara johnson |
| Answer» B. roland barthes | |
| 22. |
Post-Structuralism emerged as a critique of Structuralism. Who founded Structuralism: |
| A. | jean baudrillard |
| B. | ferdinand de saussure |
| C. | michel foucault |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» B. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 23. |
Which of the following was written by Jacques Derrida |
| A. | birth of the clinic |
| B. | madness and civilization |
| C. | history of sexuality |
| D. | of grammatology |
| Answer» D. of grammatology | |
| 24. |
Which Post-Structuralist philosopher came up with the concept of Deconstruction: |
| A. | jacques derrida |
| B. | jean baudrillard |
| C. | michel foucault |
| D. | gilles deleuze |
| Answer» A. jacques derrida | |
| 25. |
Why does Jean Baudrillard think we live in simulated realities: |
| A. | we can\t tell the difference between a dream and reality. |
| B. | we can never know the truth, so we adopt ideologies which reshape the world in our minds. |
| C. | we like to live in denial about our responsibility. |
| D. | we try to control the world around us through our actions. |
| Answer» B. we can never know the truth, so we adopt ideologies which reshape the world in our minds. | |
| 26. |
Which Post-Structuralist philosopher stated, "Academics' lives are seldom interesting”: |
| A. | michel foucault |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | jean baudrillard |
| D. | gilles deleuze |
| Answer» D. gilles deleuze | |
| 27. |
Author of Capitalism and Schizophrenia: |
| A. | michel foucault |
| B. | jean baudrillard |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | gilles deleuze |
| Answer» D. gilles deleuze | |
| 28. |
Which Post-Structuralist philosopher was interested in the "power-knowledge relationship": |
| A. | gilles deleuze |
| B. | jacques derrida |
| C. | michel foucault |
| D. | ferdinand de saussure |
| Answer» C. michel foucault | |
| 29. |
Which Post-Structuralist philosopher started in philosophy by studying "pataphysics" |
| A. | gilles deleuze |
| B. | jean baudrillard |
| C. | michel foucault |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» B. jean baudrillard | |
| 30. |
Postmodernism rejects which of the following metanarratives; |
| A. | science/ secularism |
| B. | christian |
| C. | muslim |
| D. | all metanarratives are rejected |
| Answer» D. all metanarratives are rejected | |
| 31. |
Baudrillard's simulacra means |
| A. | something unique and individual |
| B. | the sign that creates the perception of reality than reality itself |
| C. | truth |
| D. | a lie |
| Answer» B. the sign that creates the perception of reality than reality itself | |
| 32. |
Which French Philosopher argued that there were no meta or grand narratives, only micro narratives? |
| A. | jean baudrillard |
| B. | john the baptist |
| C. | jean-françois lyotard |
| D. | jean jacques rousseau |
| Answer» C. jean-françois lyotard | |
| 33. |
Author of, On humanistic education |
| A. | jean baudrillard |
| B. | giambattista vico |
| C. | jean-françois lyotard |
| D. | jean jacques rousseau |
| Answer» C. jean-françois lyotard | |
| 34. |
According to vico Humanity |
| A. | consequence of institution |
| B. | presupposition |
| C. | cause |
| D. | relation |
| Answer» A. consequence of institution | |
| 35. |
For Vico human essence is |
| A. | pre-existent one |
| B. | no pre-existent |
| C. | inherited |
| D. | irrational |
| Answer» B. no pre-existent | |
| 36. |
According to Vico the structure is |
| A. | static |
| B. | transformable |
| C. | idle |
| D. | idea |
| Answer» B. transformable | |
| 37. |
Langue and parole are the concept of |
| A. | jean baudrillard |
| B. | john the baptist |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | jean jacques rousseau |
| Answer» C. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 38. |
According to Saussure a language is a system of |
| A. | signs |
| B. | logic |
| C. | symbols |
| D. | numbers |
| Answer» A. signs | |
| 39. |
Systematic study of meaning |
| A. | semantics |
| B. | logic |
| C. | signs |
| D. | epigraphy |
| Answer» A. semantics | |
| 40. |
Linguistic system, consists of |
| A. | structures |
| B. | prejudice |
| C. | symbols |
| D. | numbers |
| Answer» A. structures | |
| 41. |
According to Saussure two axis of language are |
| A. | compound and simple |
| B. | diachronic and synchronic |
| C. | rigid and flexible |
| D. | noumena and phenomena |
| Answer» B. diachronic and synchronic | |
| 42. |
For Vico Language, is a kind of |
| A. | knowledge |
| B. | power |
| C. | dominance |
| D. | collective intelligence |
| Answer» D. collective intelligence | |
| 43. |
Author of Course in General Linguistics |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | kant |
| C. | jean-françois lyotard |
| D. | jean jacques rousseau |
| Answer» A. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 44. |
Author of Mythologies |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jean-françois lyotard |
| C. | roland barthes |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» C. roland barthes | |
| 45. |
the reproduction of labour-power complete with |
| A. | ruling ideology |
| B. | economics progress |
| C. | economic reproduction |
| D. | social enriching |
| Answer» A. ruling ideology | |
| 46. |
Louis Althusser consider State institutions as |
| A. | apparats |
| B. | institutions for good life |
| C. | ideological apparatus |
| D. | social welfare institutions |
| Answer» A. apparats | |
| 47. |
believed that the “unified self” was just a product of Western culture and that if there was a “self, it must be plural.” |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jean-françois lyotard |
| C. | jean jacques rousseau |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» D. jacques derrida | |
| 48. |
The philosophical school founded by Derrida is called |
| A. | structuralism |
| B. | decentralism |
| C. | phenomenology |
| D. | semantics |
| Answer» B. decentralism | |
| 49. |
Althusser considered the mode of production contains complex articulation of: |
| A. | only economic practice |
| B. | only political practices |
| C. | economic, political and ideological practices |
| D. | economic and political practices |
| Answer» C. economic, political and ideological practices | |
| 50. |
Who has measured ‘modernity as an unfinished project’ |
| A. | jean baudrillard |
| B. | john the baptist |
| C. | jean-françois lyotard |
| D. | habermas |
| Answer» D. habermas | |
| 51. |
In "The Death of the Author," Roland Barthes argues what about |
| A. | biographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature. |
| B. | a text and its author text are unrelated. |
| C. | it is possible to distil meaning from a work based on the author\s politics. |
| D. | authorial intent must be considered when evaluating literature. |
| Answer» B. a text and its author text are unrelated. | |
| 52. |
who popularised the conception of an ‘epistemological break’ in Marxian thought |
| A. | l. althusser |
| B. | j. habermas |
| C. | j.c. alexander |
| D. | r. fahrendorf |
| Answer» A. l. althusser | |
| 53. |
Which among the following is not the work of Louis Althusser |
| A. | lenin and philosophy and other essays |
| B. | on the reproduction of capitalism trans |
| C. | madness and civilization |
| D. | for marx |
| Answer» C. madness and civilization | |
| 54. |
In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature? Choose one answer. |
| A. | no fixed, stable meaning is possible. |
| B. | language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning. |
| C. | there is no potential for multiple and differing meanings in a work of literature. |
| D. | literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change. |
| Answer» A. no fixed, stable meaning is possible. | |
| 55. |
To whom, the sign, firmly speaking, must always stand ‘under erasure’, as necessary but inadequate |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | husserl |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» D. jacques derrida | |
| 56. |
Which one of the following concepts is not given by Derrida |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | deconstruction |
| D. | difference |
| Answer» A. cultural capital | |
| 57. |
Derrida’s Deconstruction yields a critique of |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | deconstruction |
| D. | difference |
| Answer» B. logocentrism | |
| 58. |
The central idea of Ferdinand de Saussure's Course in General Linguistics; |
| A. | language is inseparable from its historical context. |
| B. | there are five phases of linguistic development. |
| C. | language can be analysed as a formal system of elements. |
| D. | linguistics is too complicated to be distilled to a formula. |
| Answer» C. language can be analysed as a formal system of elements. | |
| 59. |
Jacques Derrida's concept of différance challenges us to think about language as a system that: |
| A. | mirrors our physical evolution as human beings. |
| B. | prevents us from communicating through writing or speech. |
| C. | involves a constant process of deferred meaning. |
| D. | evolved exclusively as a function of our individual psyche. |
| Answer» C. involves a constant process of deferred meaning. | |
| 60. |
Lyotard's dictum 'I define postmodern as incredulity toward meta-narratives' means: |
| A. | individual stories are suspect. |
| B. | the law is static. |
| C. | universal values are meaningless. |
| D. | literature reproduces repression |
| Answer» C. universal values are meaningless. | |
| 61. |
Author of The Postmodern Condition A Report on Knowledge |
| A. | kant |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | jean-françois lyotard |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» C. jean-françois lyotard | |
| 62. |
For Lyotard postmodernity as an age of |
| A. | accumulation |
| B. | fragmentation |
| C. | legalizing |
| D. | demolishing |
| Answer» B. fragmentation | |
| 63. |
The Postmodern Condition A Report on Knowledge Lyotard dealing with |
| A. | metaphysics |
| B. | values |
| C. | cognition |
| D. | knowledge and power |
| Answer» D. knowledge and power | |
| 64. |
Lyotard famously defines the postmodern as |
| A. | incredulity towards metanarratives |
| B. | system of logic |
| C. | system of metaphysics |
| D. | system of idealism |
| Answer» A. incredulity towards metanarratives | |
| 65. |
Lyotard sees the subject/human as |
| A. | one element among others |
| B. | pure matter |
| C. | centre of all think |
| D. | master of knowledge |
| Answer» A. one element among others | |
| 66. |
Deconstruction is in terms of a critique of the |
| A. | binary |
| B. | actual |
| C. | nomena |
| D. | phenomena |
| Answer» A. binary | |
| 67. |
Deconstruction is |
| A. | strategy for reading texts |
| B. | understanding metaphysics |
| C. | logical investigation |
| D. | reductionism |
| Answer» A. strategy for reading texts | |
| 68. |
The opposition between speech and writing is a manifestation of the |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | deconstruction |
| D. | difference |
| Answer» B. logocentrism | |
| 69. |
Derrida notes the tendency in western philosophy and semiotics to value the signifier as opposed to the thing it signifies in |
| A. | cultural capital |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | deconstruction |
| D. | metaphysics of presence. |
| Answer» D. metaphysics of presence. | |
| 70. |
Postmodernism put forward the notion of |
| A. | death of the subject |
| B. | reclaiming the subject |
| C. | domination of subject |
| D. | power of the subject |
| Answer» A. death of the subject | |
| 71. |
Author of Elements of Semiology |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jean-françois lyotard |
| C. | jean jacques rousseau |
| D. | roland barthes |
| Answer» D. roland barthes | |
| 72. |
As Baudrillard, there is only |
| A. | real |
| B. | nothingness |
| C. | cultural |
| D. | hyperreal |
| Answer» D. hyperreal | |
| 73. |
Hyperreal depicts |
| A. | production |
| B. | reproduction |
| C. | distribution |
| D. | meticulous reduplication |
| Answer» D. meticulous reduplication | |
| 74. |
Baudrillard is trying to end the philosophy of |
| A. | theological |
| B. | subjectivity |
| C. | narrative |
| D. | normative |
| Answer» B. subjectivity | |
| 75. |
According to Baudrillard the elimination of reality itself, |
| A. | crime |
| B. | perfect crime |
| C. | method |
| D. | practice |
| Answer» B. perfect crime | |
| 76. |
The term Hyperreality characterizes the inability of |
| A. | knowledge |
| B. | power |
| C. | capability |
| D. | consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy |
| Answer» D. consciousness to distinguish reality from fantasy | |
| 77. |
A copy or image without reference to an original |
| A. | simulacrum |
| B. | perfect |
| C. | ideal |
| D. | illusive |
| Answer» A. simulacrum | |
| 78. |
What are the ideological State apparatuses |
| A. | the army |
| B. | the police |
| C. | the courts |
| D. | the family |
| Answer» D. the family | |
| 79. |
The State Apparatus |
| A. | the religion |
| B. | family |
| C. | the courts |
| D. | communications |
| Answer» C. the courts | |
| 80. |
The tendency in western civilization to privilege the linguistic signifier over the signified |
| A. | deconstruction |
| B. | logocentrism |
| C. | materialism |
| D. | rationalism |
| Answer» B. logocentrism | |
| 81. |
Author of Writing Degree Zero |
| A. | roland barthes |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | husserl |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» A. roland barthes | |
| 82. |
In ‘Rhetoric of the Image’ Barthes asserting |
| A. | demythologizing reading of the image |
| B. | breakdown |
| C. | interference |
| D. | regularisation |
| Answer» A. demythologizing reading of the image | |
| 83. |
The underlying syntactic structure of a sentence termed |
| A. | deep structure |
| B. | structure |
| C. | form |
| D. | matter |
| Answer» A. deep structure | |
| 84. |
Barth described ‘message without a code’ to |
| A. | movies |
| B. | documents |
| C. | photograph’s |
| D. | music |
| Answer» C. photograph’s | |
| 85. |
The structure open to observation and description termed |
| A. | deep structure |
| B. | structure |
| C. | surface structure |
| D. | matter |
| Answer» C. surface structure | |
| 86. |
The distinction between langue and parole was first made by |
| A. | roland barthes |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» C. ferdinand de saussure | |
| 87. |
The rules of sign system known as |
| A. | concept |
| B. | langue |
| C. | form |
| D. | parole |
| Answer» B. langue | |
| 88. |
The articulation of signs |
| A. | concept |
| B. | langue |
| C. | form |
| D. | parole |
| Answer» D. parole | |
| 89. |
Author of - Lenin and Philosophy and Other Essays |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» A. louis althusser | |
| 90. |
Author of Writing and Difference |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» D. jacques derrida | |
| 91. |
author of The Illusions of Postmodernism |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | michel foucault |
| C. | ferdinand de saussure |
| D. | terry eagleton |
| Answer» D. terry eagleton | |
| 92. |
For Marx superstructure is |
| A. | ideology |
| B. | labour |
| C. | infrastructure |
| D. | revolutionary |
| Answer» A. ideology | |
| 93. |
“There is nothing outside the text” articulated by |
| A. | ferdinand de saussure |
| B. | jean-françois lyotard |
| C. | jean jacques rousseau |
| D. | jacques derrida |
| Answer» D. jacques derrida | |
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