Category: Introduction to Literary Studies

A. Hamlet is depressed yet highly intelligent.
B. Hamlet is naive and simple minded.
C. Hamlet is spoiled and manipulative.
D. Hamlet is intellectually passive and deeply frightened of his father’s ghost.

A. A noble person who becomes completely corrupted
B. A cowardly person who doubts himself or herself despite possessing great wealth and political power
C. A cowardly person who shows some personal strength when faced with a crisis
D. A noble person who makes a costly mistake

A. Questions for which the answers are obvious
B. Persuasive writing and speaking
C. Writing that is complicated and scholarly
D. Logical writing and speaking

A. readers choose their favorite works of literature.
B. readers experience a literary work.
C. readers decide which works of literature to read.
D. readers develop their own unique and personal critical discourses.

A. a feeling of being disconnected from the world.
B. a sense of something being familiar and foreign at once.
C. terror at the thought of death.
D. a realization of one’s empowered position in the world.

A. A system for categorizing books
B. The psychological study of authors
C. The study of textual interpretation
D. A reader-response test

A. Lamentation, in which the speaker demonstrates grief
B. Praise and admiration for the dead
C. Consolation and solace
D. All of these

A. Investigating the relationship between words and objective reality
B. Comparing the Bible to folk tales from other cultures
C. Researching an author’s biography for clues about how to understand his or her writing
D. Researching what previous critics have said about a literary work

A. Pathos refers to a writer’s presentation of character and image.
B. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to present evidence.
C. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire action in readers.
D. Pathos refers to a writer’s ability to inspire emotional responses in readers.

A. Simplicity in language, brevity in form, and humorousness in attitude
B. Complexity in language, lengthiness in form, and seriousness in attitude
C. Simplicity in language, lengthiness in form, and humorousness in attitude
D. Complexity in language, brevity in form, and humorousness in attitude