- 1. This stage involves "imitation of the prevailing modes of the dominant tradition" and "internalization of its standards."
A) Feminine stage
B) Female stage
C) Feminist stage
- 2. What is the Female Stage in Showalter's theory characterized by?
A) Protest against dominant standards
B) A search for identity
C) Imitation of the dominant tradition
D) Advocacy of minority rights
- 3. According to Elaine Showalter, how many major phases of development do literary subcultures typically go through?
A) Two
B) Three
C) One
D) Four
- 4. In Showalter's theory, what characterizes the "Feminine Stage" of literary development?
A) Protest against dominant standards
B) A search for identity
C) Advocacy of minority rights
D) Imitation of the dominant tradition
- 5. Which of the following is NOT a suggested strategy for gender criticism in literature?
A) Consider the gender of the writer
B) Observe how gender stereotypes might be reinforced or undermined
C) Examine the historical context of the work
D) Examine the historical context of the work
- 6. What argument might feminists make about male fears and female characters in literature?
A) Male fears are irrelevant to female characters.
B) Female characters rarely experience fear in literature.
C) Male fears are often portrayed through female characters.
- 7. FROM THE STORY "EVELINE" by James Joyce.
From a feminist perspective, what main issue does Eveline face in the story?
A) Gender oppression
B) Religious confusion
C) Class struggle
D) Economic greed
- 8. Eveline's mother's fate reflects what feminist theme?
A) Freedom through domestic work
B) The generational silence of women
C) Women's success in marriage
D) Power of motherhood
- 9. Why does Eveline hesitate to leave with Frank, according to feminist criticism?
A) She fears the unknown and marriage
B) She is emotionally bound by patriarchal expectations
C) She dislikes Frank and his livelihood
- 10. How does Joyce portray women's position in Irish society during Eveline's time?
A) As socially dominant
B) As empowered decision-makers
C) As passive and confined by tradition
D) As equal to men in freedom
- 11. How is Eveline's father portrayed from a feminist perspective?
A) A supportive figure
B) A weak man controlled by women
C) A symbol of patriarchal control and dominance
D) A representation of a loving parent
- 12. What feminist concept is shown when Eveline feels trapped in her role at home?
A) The glass ceiling
B) Sisterhood and motherhood
C) Gender equality
D) The domestic sphere limitation
- 13. What does Eveline's promise to her dying mother symbolize?
A) Personal freedom
B) Desire for education
C) Anger toward men
D) Loyalty to patriarchy
- 14. From a feminist view, how does the story critique traditional marriage?
A) It shows equality between partners
B) It shows marriage as a form of escape for women
C) It portrays marriage as another trap under patriarchy
D) It celebrates romantic love
- 15. How does Eveline's work at the store reflect women's social status?
A) Shows limited economic freedom under male authority
B) Shows independence and equality
C) Shows the joy of working-class women
D) Shows women's victory in business
- 16. In feminist criticism, Eveline's fear of leaving can be seen as:
A) Rational decision-making
B) Supernatural influence
C) Romantic confusion
D) Internalized oppression
- 17. He was the founding father of psychoanalysis, a method for treating mental
illness and also a theory which explains human behavior.
A) Isaac Newton
B) Aristotle
C) Sigmund freud
- 18. argues that literary texts, like dreams, express the secret
unconscious desires, and anxieties of the author
A) Psychoanalytic Criticism
B) Literally criticism
C) Poetic criticism
- 19. the reservoir of libido, the primary source of all
psychic energy. It functions to fulfill the primordial life
principle, which Freud considers to be the pleasure principle
A) Ego
B) Id
C) Superego
- 20. This is the rational governing agent of the psyche. Though the
ego lacks the strong vitality of the id, it regulates the instinctual
drives of the id so that they may be released in non-destructive
behavioral patterns.
A) Id
B) Super ego
C) Ego
- 21. The other regulating agent, that which primarily functions to
protect society, is the superego. Largely unconscious, the
superego is the moral censoring agency, the repository of
conscience and pride.
A) Superego
B) Id
C) Ego
- 22. the mind’s essential strategy for hiding desires and fears.
A) Denial
B) Repression
C) Sublimation
- 23. channeling an unacceptable urge into something artistic or another
outlet.
A) Sublimation
B) Denial
C) Projection
- 24. one falsifies reality, flatly and directly refusing to accept it.
A) Intellectuallization
B) Denial
C) Freudan slip
- 25. a strategy for avoiding uncomfortable emotions by
rationalizing them/ analysing them.
A) Sublimation
B) Projection
C) Intellectualization
- 26. repressed desires are avoided.
A) Freudan slip
B) Projection
C) Intellectualization
- 27. one is convinced that the opposite of a terrible situation is
actually the case. (Thinking the opposite and embracing it.)
A) Projection
B) Reaction-Formation
C) Freudan slip
- 28. revealing an unconscious though, belief, wish, or motive, in
verbal words.
A) Sublimation
B) Denial
C) Freudan slip
- 29. studies recurrent universal patterns underlying most
literary works (for example, “the hero’s journey”
A) Mythological criticism
B) Psychological criticism
C) Mental illness
- 30. mystery of creation; birth-death-resurrection; purification and redemption;
fertility and growth
A) Sun
B) Water
C) Color
- 31. the mother of all life; spiritual mystery and infinity; death and rebirth;
timelessness and eternity; the unconscious
A) The sea
B) The river
C) The falls
- 32. death and rebirth (baptism); the flowing of time into eternity;
transitional phases of the life cycle; incarnations of deities.
A) Rivers
B) Fountains
C) The sea
- 33. creative energy; law in nature;
consciousness (thinking, enlightenment, wisdom, spiritual vision);
A) Stars
B) Sun
C) Moon
- 34. birth; creation; enlightenment.
A) Rising sun
B) Setting sun
A) Rising sun
B) Setting sun
- 36. blood, sacrifice, violent passion; disorder.
A) White
B) Green
C) Red
- 37. growth; sensation; hope; fertility; in negative
context may be associated with death and decay.
A) Blue
B) Green
C) Yellow
- 38. usually highly positive, associated with truth, religious feeling, security,
spiritual purity (the color of the Great Mother or Holy Mother).
A) Blue
B) Orange
C) Violet
- 39. chaos, mystery the unknown; death; primal wisdom; the
unconscious; evil; melancholy.
A) Black
B) White
C) Red
- 40. highly multivalent, signifying, in its positive aspects, light, purity,
innocence, and timelessness; in its negative aspects, death, terror, the
supernatural, and the blinding truth of an inscrutable cosmic mystery
A) Green
B) White
C) Pink
- 41. the desire for spiritual unity and psychic integration. Note that in its classic Asian forms
the mandala juxtaposes the triangle, the square, and the circle with their numerical
equivalents of three, four, and seven.
A) Mandala
B) Egg
C) Yang-yin
- 42. the mystery of life and the forces of generation.
A) Mandala
B) Yang-yin
C) Egg
- 43. Chinese symbol (below) representing the union of the opposite
forces of the yang (masculine principle, light, activity, the conscious mind) and the yin
(female principle, darkness, passivity, the unconscious).
A) Yang-yin
B) Serpent
C) Triangle
- 44. the ancient symbol of the snake biting its own tail, signifying the
eternal cycle of life, primordial unconsciousness, the unity of opposing forces (cf.
yangYin).
A) Ourobos
B) Three
C) Four
- 45. symbol of energy and pure force (of libido); evil, corruption,
sensuality; destruction; mystery; wisdom; the unconscious.
A) Lion
B) Serpent
C) Snake
- 46. light; spiritual awareness and unity (cf. the Holy Trinity); the male
principle.
A) Five
B) Four
C) Three
- 47. associated with the circle, life cycle, four seasons; female principle,
earth, nature; four elements (earth, air, fire, water).
A) Six
B) Five
C) Four
- 48. signifying integration, the four limbs and the head that controls them; the
four cardinal points plus the center.
A) Five
B) Three
C) Two
- 49. the most potent of all symbolic numbers-signifying the union of three
and four, the completion of a cycle, perfect order
A) Seven
B) Eight
C) Nine
- 50. the hero (saviour, deliverer) undertakes some long journey during
which he or she must perform impossible tasks, battle with monsters, solve
unanswerable riddles, and overcome insurmountable obstacles in order to save the
kingdom.
A) The sacrificial scapegoat
B) Initiation
C) The quest
- 51. the hero undergoes a series of excruciating ordeals in passing from
ignorance and immaturity to social and spiritual adulthood, that is, in achieving maturity
and becoming a full-fledged member of his or her social group.
A) Initiation
B) The sacrificial scapegoat
C) The quest
- 52. the hero, with whom the welfare of the tribe or
nation is identified, must die to atone for the people's sins and restore the land to fruitfulness
A) The quest
B) The sacrificial scapegoat
C) Initiation
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