Hamlet, Part 6: Applying Literary Criticism — Quiz

Question 1

Which question is most likely to be asked by a reader studying a text with a feminist perspective?

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Which character has more power: Gertrude or Claudius?

Question 2

Which line would most likely be written by a reader analyzing Hamlet through a formalist lens?

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The play includes repeated references to death and decay.

Question 3

A student makes an observation about Hamlet . The focus on succession to the throne in Hamlet would have been interesting to an Elizabethan audience because their own queen had no heir. Which lens is the student most likely viewing the text through?

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historical

Question 4

Repeated references to ears and hearing in Hamlet are an example of a literary

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motif.

Question 5

Which question is most likely to be asked by a reader studying a text with a feminist perspective?

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Which character has more power: Gertrude or Claudius?

Question 6

Which fact about Hamlet would be most important to a student analyzing the play through a historical lens?

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It was written during a time when kings and queens had absolute power.

Question 7

Feminist criticism is most interested in

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gender and stereotypes.

Question 8

Which factors are to be considered when using historical criticism to analyze a text? Choose three correct answers.

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the original audience; political events of the time; common beliefs of the period

Question 9

Patriarchy is the name for a

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society dominated by men.

Question 10

Formalist criticism focuses upon a text’s

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structure.

Hamlet, Part 6: Applying Literary Criticism — Quiz Answers

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