Feminist Writings Flashcards by nimoshini C

From the following, which quality is not attributed to patriarchy?
Promotion of a certain repressive apparatus
Surreptitiously performing
Grand narrative
Uplifts the individual psyche

Uplifts the individual psyche

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In the essay, what is the method suggested by hooks to stop the perpetration of patriarchy?
To define and locate the problem in patriarchy
To ignore the effects of patriarchy
To question the men
None of the above

To define and locate the problem in patriarchy

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Why, according to hooks is the word ‘patriarchy’ unheeded by men?

a) They associate it with women’s liberation
b) They feel it as a rhetorically reified category
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above

c) Both a) and b)

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How according to bell hooks is patriarchy indoctrinated into children?

a) They are assigned to them and given continuous guidance
b) They learn from their surroundings by imitation and then enacting
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above

a) They are assigned to them and given continuous guidance

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Patriarchy asserted its dominance and naturalized itself through
 Religion
 Psychological terrorism and violence
 National politics
 Literature

Psychological terrorism and violence

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How does hooks aim to understand the ontology of privilege in patriarchy?
To examine patriarchy as a pathology
To examine patriarchy as a grand narrative
To examine patriarchy as a domestic problem
None of the above

To examine patriarchy as a pathology

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How does confirming to patriarchy contribute to an individual?
 It makes the person visible
 It makes the person self-reliant
 It makes the person powerful
 None of the above

None of the above

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What is the first Ideological State Apparatus where patriarchy is indoctrinated?
 School
 Religious Institutions
 Family
 Politics

Family

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In the essay by hooks, how is the different discourse of the normativity of patriarchy generated?

a) Both the father and mother are trained to be patriarchal through religion
b) Inducing psychological terrorism and violence
c) Both a) and b)
d) None of the above

Accepted Answers:

c) Both a) and b)

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In the essay, how does script become a pre-determined metaphor of domination in patriarchy?
Script lays down the rules of functioning
Scripts have to be obeyed
Scripts are gendered
All of the above

All of the above

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What is considered ‘unnatural’ of a male child?
to be strong and strategic
to suppress his feelings
to serve and care for others
to perform violence in appropriate settings

to serve and care for others

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“This is the way we were experientially schooled in the \_\_\_ of patriarchy”.
 form
 skill
 norm
 art

art

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In order to indoctrinate boys into the rules of patriarchy, we force them to –
 deny their feelings
 accept their feelings
 both a and b
 none of the above

deny their feelings

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Which of the following is the correct way to understand patriarchy according to this essay?
 as a discursive apparatus
 as meta-discursive
 a non-construct
 pre-discursive

as a discursive apparatus

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Why is Mr Woodifield compared to a baby in the short story?
 Because he lacks an agency
 Because he is not self-sufficient
 Both a and b
 None of the above

Because he lacks an agency

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What nature metaphor in the short story is used to denote decadence in Woodifield?
The arrival of summer
The trees clinging on to the falling leaves
The drifting clouds in the shy
All of the above

The trees clinging on to the falling leaves

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How does language become a part of embodiment?
The content of the language represents one as a person
The language embodies your intellectual self
Both a and b
None of the above

Both a and b

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What are the codes of masculinity seen in the boss?
Flipping the paper with paper knife
Sitting greedily on his rolling office chair
Usage of a formal language in conversation
All of the above

All of the above

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From where does the boss derive his kindness towards Mr Woodifield?
 From his sense of compassion
 From his sense of superiority
 From his love towards Woodifield
 All of the above

From his sense of superiority

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From the following, which is the evident act by the boss that portrays his arrogant masculinity?
Showing off his newly built office
Turning the page using a page knife
Describing the ‘medicinal’ quality of whisky unknown to women
Infantilizing Mr Woodifield using his language

Describing the ‘medicinal’ quality of whisky unknown to women

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Which instance in the story marks the disempowerment of the boss?
When he described the origin of the whisky
When he showed around his office to Mr Woodifield
When Mr Woodifield spoke of the setting of son’s graveyard
None of the above

When Mr Woodifield spoke of the setting of son’s graveyard

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What does the boss’s ability to weep at will best signify?
 Arrogant Masculinity
 Emotional imbalance
 Trauma
 Stress

Arrogant Masculinity

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Why is Mr Woodifield able to talk openly about his dead son whereas the boss cannot?
Because the boss possess hyper-masculine hysteria
Because Mr Woodifield is exhausted
Both a and b
None of the above

Both a and b

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In the story, why is the fly humanised?
 To dramatize the extent of violence
 To admire the fly as an individual
 To show the insignificance of the fly
 None of the above

To dramatize the extent of violence

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``` 1 point Which of the following words is NOT included in hooks’ definition of patriarchy? imperialist moralist white-supremacist capitalist ```

moralist

``` Which among the following is an example of a micro model of patriarchy? nation school family church ```

family

``` On which backdrop is The Fly set? World War I World War II French Revolution Civil War ```

World War I

``` Which event leads to the central episode of The Fly? Woodifield’s departure Boss’ attempt to cry at will a fly falling into Boss’ inkpot none of the above ```

a fly falling into Boss’ inkpot

``` What can the short story, The Fly, be considered a critique of? benevolent patriarchy weak masculinity masculine femininity violent patriarchy ```

violent patriarchy

``` What is described as 'the last little ugly place of industry'? the countryside the county town the collieries the terminus town ```

the terminus town

``` The development of the intimacy between Annie and John Joseph, punctuated by "after all", has a __________ character to it. sequential perverse erratic guarded ```

sequential

The scheme for retribution against John Joseph is enabled by - vindictive desire for revenge a feeling of rejection and jealousy feminine solidarity against sexual oppression all of the above

feminine solidarity against sexual oppression

``` The domestic atmosphere created in the ladies waiting room at the depot in presence of John Joseph is - defamiliarising deceptive dramatic none of the above ```

deceptive

``` The violence at the end of the story has ___________ overtones. erotic masochistic psychoanalytic political ```

erotic

``` When was the short story “Tickets, Please!” published? 1914 1916 1922 1918 ```

1918

``` From the following, which landscape is not a part of the description of the tram route in the short story? Ugly villages of workmen’s houses Little market places A rural church under the ash tree A medieval house near meadows ```

A medieval house near meadows

``` Which of the following words used by Lawrence show the degree of incompatibility between the tramcar and the city? Jerky Jaunty Slithering All of the above ```

All of the above

Why were the drivers of the tram cars crippled and hunchback? They were handicapped by the violence of the First World War They were handicapped by birth They were handicapped due to an accident All of the above

They were handicapped by the violence of the First World War

Why did Annie like John Joseph in spite of knowing that he is a sexual predator? Because John Joseph had a good professional personality Because Annie could see through his tactics Because John Joseph was good looking All of the above

Because Annie could see through his tactics

How did John Joseph acquire proximity towards Annie at the Statutes fair? He asked Annie out genuinely to be close to her He paid for all the rides with Annie He boasted of his previous experiences with Annie’s friend to make her jealous None of the above

He paid for all the rides with Annie

``` From the following, which one is not the quality of a fairground as described in the story? Liberating Opens up a lot of permutations Static Defamiliarizing ```

Static

Which act establishes the girl’s control on John Joseph in the waiting room? They start abusing him They speak in tongues that John Joseph did not understand making him puzzled They used John Joseph’s language on him None of the above

They used John Joseph’s language on him

How does John Joseph react when he senses the impending attack in the ladies waiting room? He is resorting back to the official patriarchal register of language He tries to move out of the room Both a and b None of the above

Both a and b

How does the question of permanence become redundant in the story? The story does not portray the inner violence of the girls The story does not convey what happens the next day after the violence The story diverts into the personal narratives moving away from the main plot John Joseph and his tactics are glorified

The story does not convey what happens the next day after the violence

``` Which of the following is not a boundary break theorized by Donna Haraway? Human and animal Organism and machine Living and nonliving Physical and non-physical ```

Living and nonliving

What does the table of “Organics of Domination” vs “Informatics of Domination” indicate- It establishes logical evolution of modes of domination It subverts naturalistic coding of Organic mode It provides a technological hierarchy of modes of domination It subverts constructed coding of Informatic mode

It subverts naturalistic coding of Organic mode

``` The necessary implication of taking seriously the cyborg imagery is - Non-innocence of the body Machine as an aspect of our embodiment Both A and B Neither A nor B ```

Both A and B

In moving beyond the idea of reproductive sex, cyborgs seek to - Rise above the politics of binaries and essence Celebrate the idea of monstrosity Deconstruct the gendered understanding of sex and birth All of the above

All of the above

``` When choosing to be a cyborg instead of a goddess, Donna Haraway is rejecting the stance of - Feminism Humanism Post-humanism Socialist-feminism ```

Humanism

``` The Cyborg can be defined as the ________ of man and machine. Difference Assemblage Antagonism Splitting ```

Assemblage

``` Which of the following is not a part of the C3I nexus described by Haraway in her essay, The Cyborg Manifesto? Collateral Command Control Communication ```

Collateral

1 point | The figure of the cyborg emerges as a result of the Western drive to

Technologization

``` Which figure does Haraway provide as an example of “the ultimate self – untied at last from all dependency”? The cowboy The man in space The deep-sea diver The farmer ```

The man in space

``` Haraway locates Marxism and ____________ as two mythic discourses that propose the theory of the interconnectedness of individual development and history. Deontology Psychoanalysis Fordism Taylorism ```

Psychoanalysis

``` In which of the following characters does Haraway locate a desire for salvation through the restoration of the garden of Eden which includes the fabrication of a heterosexual partner? Oedipus Moby Dick Alice Frankenstein ```

Frankenstein

``` According to Haraway, new movements for animal rights do not ____________ human uniqueness. Accept Consider Deny Find ```

Deny

``` Which of the following genres does Haraway credit as being instrumental in dissolving the boundaries of the physical and the non-physical world? Pure Chemistry Applied Mathematics Pop Physics Material Engineering ```

Pop Physics

``` Which of the following features of modern machinery is identified by Haraway as a key element that changes our experience of them? Enlargement Plasticization Miniaturization Discoloration ```

Miniaturization

``` In her essay The Cyborg Manifesto, Haraway talks about the Salamander to highlight the aspects of: Violence Regeneration Toxicity Mobility ```

Regeneration

``` Who famously criticised the poem “Goblin Market” as ‘the calamity of modern poetry’? John Fletcher Mathew Arnold Oscar Wilde John Ruskin ```

John Ruskin

How does the bazaar become the field of defamiliarization? The open space of the bazaar converts into the space of worldly commodity The bazaar becomes a magical land of unfamiliar newness Both a and b None of the above

Both a and b

``` Name the English writer wrote an acclaimed work, published in 1865 that was inspired by the poem “Goblin Market”? Algernon Charles Swinburne Alfred Tennyson Lewis Caroll Alexander Macmillan ```

Lewis Caroll

``` From the list of the fruits, where do the exotic fruits originally come from? From the palace garden From the colonies From the bordering nations None of these ```

From the colonies

``` Which quality of the goblin best complements their uncanny and dangerous nature across the poem? Violence Non-anthropomorphic Arrogance Non-Static ```

Non-anthropomorphic

``` Which one of the following is not the part of the covert caveat as represented in the poem? Caveat against contaminated consumption Caveat against unprincipled production Caveat against capitalism Caveat against Marxism ```

Caveat against Marxism

How is the menace quality of the goblin portrayed in the poem? The dissolution of the market and goblin men after consumption Fruits and commodities in the market leading into a state of delusion after consumption Both a and b None of the above

Both a and b

``` Identify the literary term that describe the problem inherent in trying to judge a work of art by assuming the intent or purpose of the artist who created it. Pathetic fallacy’ Affective fallacy Intentional fallacy Dilemma ```

Intentional fallacy

``` What does the goblin fruit in the poem best stand for from the following? Truth Love Enchantment Deception ```

Deception

``` What does the sound of the jingling penny in Lizzie’s purse refer to? Reaffirmation of her identity Reaffirmation of her agency Reaffirmation of her privacy All of the above ```

Reaffirmation of her agency

``` What does the goblins’ contamination of the sisters’ domestic purity signify? defamiliarization deterritorialization both a and b deconstruction ```

both a and b

``` What does Laura tell the children in the last stanza of “Goblin Market”? men are evil a sister can never be a friend there is no friend like a sister women must always depend on men ```

there is no friend like a sister

``` Who owns the penny at the end of the poem? Laura Lizzie goblins none of the above ```

Lizzie

``` The experimental form of the poem can be read as an act of --- subversion oppression conformity repression ```

subversion

``` Which critic wrote a negative review of the irregular metrical quality of “Goblin Market”? Mathew Arnold John Ruskin Dante Gabriel Rossetti John Stuart Mill ```

John Ruskin

``` The hospital space described in Tulips is predominantly: Blue Yellow Green White ```

White

``` Which of the following metaphors for the body helps Plath express her lack of agency in the poem, Tulips? Fire over forests Bombing over cities Water over pebbles Mastery over slaves ```

Water over pebbles

``` To Plath, the swaddled Tulips in the hospital room reminds her of: A calm baby An awful baby A dead baby A crying baby ```

An awful baby

``` In the poem Tulips, Plath feels her ________ is getting eaten up by the Tulips. Food Oxygen Water Soul ```

Oxygen

``` The narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper often finds her voice _______ by her husband’s. Dominated Appreciated Echoed Amplified ```

Dominated

``` What is the first reaction the narrator has to the yellow wallpaper in her room? Indifference Association Aversion Identification ```

Aversion

``` The narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper feels lucky that it is she who is occupying the room, and not: Her husband, John Her baby John’s sister The nanny ```

Her baby

The narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper once thinks of burning down the house to: Liberate the woman inside the wallpaper Reach a smell that has been bothering her Exorcise the ghostly sights that haunt her Get rid of her family and kin

Reach a smell that has been bothering her

The narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper thinks the front pattern of the wallpaper move because: She is having trouble with her eyesight Small tremors in the house cause it to shake The captive woman inside the wallpaper shakes the bars The wallpaper having peeled of the wall sometimes flickers in air

The captive woman inside the wallpaper shakes the bars

``` In The Yellow Wallpaper, going insane is an act that: Requires immediate medical attention Calls for incarceration in an asylum Becomes a form of agentic expression Is understood as mere enactment ```

Becomes a form of agentic expression

``` What is referred to as African cat in Tulips? hospital tulips family photo the poet ```

tulips

``` Which subject position does the narrator of The Yellow Wallpaper articulate? patient doctor caregiver patriarch ```

patient

``` What is health compared to in Tulips? nation country time space ```

country

``` What does the yellow wallpaper symbolise in The Yellow Wallpaper? medical imprisonment society familial space none of the above ```

medical imprisonment

``` What does John find the narrator doing when he enters the locked room at the end of The Yellow Wallpaper? crying creeping sleeping singing ```

creeping

``` Which of the following does Beauvoir claim did not have unchangeably fixed entities associated with them? Chinese Jews Women Negroes ```

Chinese

According to a quote from Dorothy Parker, men as well as women, should be regarded as: Without fixed gender identities Capable of choosing their own gender orientation Human beings Irreconcilably different

Human beings

Beauvoir claims that ignoring essentializations such as the eternal feminine and the black soul: Can lead to the liberty of the oppressed categories Is a flight from reality A properly liberal attitude Dispelling the damage these essentializations have caused over the years

Is a flight from reality

``` According to Beauvoir, the female is to the masculine, what the _________ was to the vertical for the ancients. Oblique Circle Angle Cube ```

Oblique

``` According to Beauvoir, the existence of which of the following has long been ignored in the discourse about the male anatomy, and been ascribed frequently to the female? Limbs Organs Glands Pores ```

Glands

``` Beauvoir mentions the work of Granet on Chinese thought and Dumezil on East Indies and Rome to show how Otherness is: Alien to human thought Fundamental to human thought Violence to human thought Beneficent to human thought ```

Fundamental to human thought

``` Whom does Beauvoir mention as claiming that the passage of nature to state of culture is marked by man’s ability to view biological relations as a series of contrasts? Sigmund Freud Claude Levi-Strauss Karl Marx Vladimir Lenin ```

Claude Levi-Strauss

What does the concept of ‘Mitsein’ signify in Beauvoir’s introduction to her book, The Second Sex? The human ability to remain in ambivalence The human fellowship based on solidarity and friendliness The human tendency to form otherness and binaries The human construction of superiority and inferiority through otherness

The human fellowship based on solidarity and friendliness

Why have the women not been able to create a space of their own for solidarity, according to Beauvoir? They are comfortably accommodated in the space that men occupy They share their space with men who are close and dear to them, like fathers and husbands They do not want a space for themselves outside the ones they share with men They plan to remove all men through an uprising and occupy their spaces

They share their space with men who are close and dear to them, like fathers and husbands

According to Beauvoir, men eulogize the ideal woman to: Foster a craving for liberty in the woman Asking women to question the injustices brought upon them Rewarding the women for being compliant and playing by men’s rules Show that the ideal is an impossible category to achieve

Rewarding the women for being compliant and playing by men’s rules

``` Simone de Beauvoir rejects the idea(s) that women are _________ to men Equal Inferior Superior All of the above ```

All of the above

``` Nominalists reject the idea of femininity masculinity man-woman duality all of the above ```

all of the above

``` The statement "woman is a womb" essentializes woman in her subjectivity otherness corporeality inferiority ```

corporeality

How does consciousness effect the production of dualistic categories Fundamental tendency to set itself up as essential Desire to organise the world in its own image Subjugating and othering the minorities All of the above

Fundamental tendency to set itself up as essential

Which of the following can be said to be characteristic of the historical relationship of man and woman? reciprocity of subjectivity dynamic power balance woman's complicity in the unequal relationship conscious subversion of gender imbalance

woman's complicity in the unequal relationship

``` What are the contemporary conditions of war-torn Iraq related to in “Iraqi Nights”? utopia dystopia mythical past apocalypse ```

mythical past

``` What does ‘Uruk’ stand for? contemporary Iraq mystical Iraq history mythological Iraq ```

mythological Iraq

Which of the following is intrinsically related to the politics of representation?

power

``` What kind of identity does Butler propose in Gender Trouble? totalitarian multiple identities unified monolithic identity ```

multiple identities

``` What does drag signify? hyper mimetic quality deconstructive process blank parody all of the above ```

all of the above

``` Which catastrophe lies at the core of the poem, The Iraqi Nights? Famine Flood War Epidemic ```

War

In The Iraqi Nights, the poet claims that Tammuz would cross thousands of miles for ____________ from her.

A cup of tea

``` What does the poet of The Iraqi Nights desire to give Tammuz once he comes back to her? Prescriptions Lists Forms Certificates ```

Lists

``` Which of the following is an observation of Butler regarding gender? It is universal It is timeless It is constructed It is a given ```

It is constructed

``` Which of the following is not a component of the process of the naturalization of discourses? Internalization Legitimization Reiteration Contextualization ```

Contextualization

Which of the following is a relation between sex and gender that Butler proposes in her work, Gender Trouble? Gender should be theorized as radically independent of sex as a free-floating artifice Gender should have a mimetic relation to sex Gender should mirror sex and be restricted within the discursive framework for that sex Gender transcends discourses while sex remains trapped within discursive frameworks

Gender should be theorized as radically independent of sex as a free-floating artifice

Which of the following is not a misgiving of the liberal model of feminism criticized by Butler? Speaking subjects all occupy equal positions of power It determines which goals to seek, and who can seek them It overstresses the importance of agreement and unity It celebrates multiplicity, difference and contradictions

It celebrates multiplicity, difference and contradictions

``` Who theorized the idea of ‘differance’? Ferdinand de Saussure C. S. Peirce Noam Chomsky Jacques Derrida ```

Jacques Derrida

Which of the following is a point of convergence between pastiche and gender? They both provoke laughter every time we encounter them They are both copies without the longing for an original They are both immaterial to our understanding of the world They are both incapable of charting revolutionary paths

They are both copies without the longing for an original

``` Ishtar appears in the poem The Iraqi Nights as the: Angel of death Muse of inspiration Goddess of forgetfulness Embodiment of torture ```

Muse of inspiration

``` In A Temporary Matter, what does Shukumar use to light the house in the dark on the first night? lantern flashlight birthday candles earthenware candles ```

birthday candles

Shukumar's usage and depletion of food items in their household symbolizes deterioration of their financial condition twisted inversion of gender stereotypes exhaustion of their relationship diasporic alienation

exhaustion of their relationship

How did the game of telling secrets affect Shukumar before the final day? he reconnected with Shoba emotionally and physically he realized Shoba had been lying to him about a lot of things it made him empathetic to Shoba's pain he realized his mistake in avoiding her

he reconnected with Shoba emotionally and physically

``` What is the last secret that Shoba confesses? she is pregnant again she is moving out she has quit her job she is having an affair ```

she is moving out

Shukumar tells Shoba about their baby as his last secret. Select the statement below not likely to be the reason for Shumukar's revelation he didn't love her anymore he retaliated for the separation by telling her what she did not want to know he felt she should know this about their baby he felt sickened by the goal of her game

he felt she should know this about their baby

What are the markers of a happy past that the couple in the story shared which seems to have diminished in the present? The description of the faded lipstick and the smudged eye lashes The description of Shoba that she never wanted to be in the past Both a and b None of the above

Both a and b

Which description marks the uncelebrated Christmas in the story? Unopened Christmas gifts in the attic The dusty plastic Christmas tree of the year before The description of the calendar that her friend send for Christmas None of the above

The description of the calendar that her friend send for Christmas

How does the absent child become the presence at their home? There is a collapse of communication They do not share an intimate space They fear of offending each other in the same space All of the above

All of the above

``` How is the liminality of the intimate space of Shoba and Shukumar expressed in the story? The red colour hues of the sky Uneven banks of snow on the sidewalks Both a and b None of the above ```

Uneven banks of snow on the sidewalks

Which of the following are the markers of the psychological condition of the couple post child loss? Haphazard lying of Shoba’s sneakers and satchel in the house Unworked lace to turn into curtains Treatment of house like a hotel All of the above

All of the above

What is the significance of the birthday candles during the candle light dinner? It is the quasi-continuation of the happiness they shared It has an agentic quality of regeneration It is a discursive marker of the lost child All of the above

It is the quasi-continuation of the happiness they shared

What was the game Shoba’s grandmother used to play during power cuts in India? Sing songs with the ending of the last word of the previous song Talk about random things about themselves or things at house Make a connecting tale by asking her grandchildren to contribute to a whole story Game of Chess

Talk about random things about themselves or things at house

Which activity between the couple was the marker of the return of the old love? Through talking through games in the dark By having food together in candle light By doing dishes together and being in each other’s presence All of the above

All of the above

What did Shoba do after returning home after the child loss? She picked objects that belonged to the couple and tossed them out She sat down and sobbed She was silent in the nursery meant for their child She packed and left for her parents’ home

She picked objects that belonged to the couple and tossed them out

What is the role of darkness between the couple? It is a symbolic light that eradicates all darkness It united the couple in their sorrows It distanced the couple more psychologically All of the above

It is a symbolic light that eradicates all darkness

``` What does the figure of Jeanie symbolizes in the poem "Goblin Market"? fallen woman virtuous woman redeemed woman none of the above ```

fallen woman

``` According to Michel Foucault, hospitals, mental asylums, and prisons constitute the concept of- criminality madness deviance none of the above ```

deviance

``` In both stories "The Fly" and "Tickets, Please!", the event of ___________ triggers a crisis of __________? World War 2, masculinity World War 1, embodiment World War 1, masculinity World War 2, embodiment ```

World War 1, masculinity

``` Beginning with foregrounding the female voices, feminist writings can be said to be constituted now by the idea of- foregrounding the male voices as well capturing the gender spectrum fighting for female political rights all of the above ```

capturing the gender spectrum

``` The constructivist understanding of woman by Beauvoir was countered by Butler's concept of- performance essentialist understanding marginalization deconstructionist understanding ```

performance

``` Which of the following is a character in the poem Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti? Beth Lizzie Eli Carla ```

Lizzie

``` Rossetti’s poem Goblin Market can be read as the incursion of the consumerist market economy into the: Rural economy Urban economy Virtual economy Naval economy ```

Rural economy

``` The essay Problems for a Contemporary Theory of Gender by Susie Tharu and Tejaswini Niranjana re-examines the identity of being a woman in the light of protests after the verdicts of the ____________. Sarkaria Commission Mukherjee Commission Kothari Commission Mandal Commission ```

Mandal Commission

``` Which of the following terms captures the essence of the term ‘rhizomatic’? Singularity Duality Plurality Nullity ```

Plurality

``` Githa Hariharan’s story Remains of the Feast can be read as a move against: Secularism Brahminism Socialism Racism ```

Brahminism

``` Which of the following processes can be associated with the process of canon formation in literature? Normalization Subversion Deterritorialization Diversification ```

Normalization

``` According to Prof. Bharathi Harishankar, feminist research should have an element of __________ subjectivity. Narcissistic Universal Transcendental Self-reflexive ```

Self-reflexive

``` According to Prof. Merin Simi Raj, the predominantly ___________ nature of the story The Yellow Wallpaper can alienate readers. Feminist White Lunatic Medical ```

White

``` One of the key features in the colonial construction of the Bengali Babu as effeminate is that he: Worships Kali Wears dhoti Doesn’t speak good English Follows the English ```

Worships Kali

``` Who is the author of Wide Sargasso Sea? Kate Chopin Charlotte Bronte Jean Rhys Susan Gubar ```

Jean Rhys

What is the healthy vigour of Rukmini contrasted against in the story "The Remains of the Feast"? the fragility of city-bred younger generation the conservatism of younger generations the impure food cultures of metropolitan cities all of the above

the fragility of city-bred younger generation

Ratna's father's bottles of antacids and nervous nature reveals - stress of a nine-to-five job consequences of alterned hygiene customs modern life's dependence on medicine all of the above

modern life's dependence on medicine

The text highlights the ways marginalized women find subversive expression of desire in a conservative societal structure True or false

True

``` In the story "The Remains of the Feast", the idea of hygiene is connected to the idea of - morality caste purity perpetuation of hierarchical modes all of the above ```

all of the above

Which of the following statements cannot be made about Rukmini's consumptive spree before her death? It's a rebellion against the oppressive Brahmanic value system It's potentially harmful for her deteriorating health Her desire transcended the boundaries of caste, religion and purity Her grandson and his wife were understanding and supportive of her actions

Her grandson and his wife were understanding and supportive of her actions

``` What is ‘cancer’ mentioned in the beginning of the story symbolic of ? An image of movement An image of consumption Both a and b None of the above ```

Both a and b

Which memory of the grandfather amused Rukmini as she told Ratna? That her grandfather would be scared of going to hospital That her grandfather would be scared at looking at his own blood That her grandfather was a hunter, yet he feared being bit by animals All of the above

That her grandfather would be scared at looking at his own blood

How does grandmother lying on her bed before her 90th birthday become an interruption of a certain kind of embodiment? It was unusual of her to do so It was warning of a closure that was to come soon Both a and b None of the above Yes, the answer is correct

Both a and b

Why did the family decide to keep the information of the great grandmother’s sickness from her and their relatives? The great grandmother would be very worried The relatives would force the old woman to be admitted in the hospital The great grandmother would be very reluctant to go to hospital Ratna had to study for her medical school without any chaos

Ratna had to study for her medical school without any chaos

``` What is Ratna’s profession in the short story? Research scholar Teacher Medical student Accountant ```

Medical student

What does the craving outside the moral parameter of the household symbolise? It signifies the subversion Rukmini faced in her life It signifies the last attempt before her death to defy the norms and form her own identity It signifies her attempt to assert her identity than being under the pressure of patriarchy All of the above

All of the above

How does the act of eating food ignite erotic pleasure with reference to the short story? The visceral pleasure and experience of eating is highlighted The intoxication by certain food is depicted She craves for more forbidden food All of the above

The visceral pleasure and experience of eating is highlighted

``` What does food in the short story denote? Markers of subversion Markers of identity Markers of appropriation All of the above ```

All of the above

What was the final act of subversion by Rukmini? She demanded to have alcohol She demanded for chicken and lamb curry She wanted a bright red sari with wide border of gold She wrote off her assets to Ratna

She wanted a bright red sari with wide border of gold

``` What has the experience with the great grandmother left Ratna with? Her memories Her desires Her belongings Her room ```

Her desires

``` What is the name of Seymour Chatman’s 1978 book that outlines the relationship of Narrative and Poetics? Story and Discourse Discourse and Fiction Fiction and Story Story and Fiction ```

Story and Discourse

According to Marie-Laure Ryan, narrativity: Denotes the textual act of representation by which we make sense of a text Presupposes the capacity to generate the cognitive construct of an imagined story world Is the essential way that must be followed to make the text legible to the readers Is a secret that only the author has access to, as the original plan behind the composition of the text

Presupposes the capacity to generate the cognitive construct of an imagined story world

Which of the following is not a reason why symbolic codes such as graphic representation, resemble the linguistic codes? They both require written characters for communication Both require the audience and artist to know the codes beforehand for the message to get through The meaning of both do not depend on how they are rendered They both can impart universal meanings through sample and widely known examples

They both require written characters for communication

``` According to Marie-Laure Ryan, which of the following semiotic codes is best suited to storytelling? Images Sound Video Language ```

Language

``` Which of the following trees occupy a special magical position in Western folklore and mythology? Cider Acacia Pine Hazel ```

Hazel

``` According to Roland Barthes, myth making consists in turning the social, cultural, ideological and historical into the: Abnormal Spectral Natural Alien ```

Natural

``` Who is the author of the graphic novel series, Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth? Daniel Clowes Chris Ware Lynda Barry Edward Gorey ```

Chris Ware

``` Art and Vladek are characters from the graphic novel: Munnu Maus Palestine Asterix ```

Maus

``` Which of the following is not a section in Angela Carter’s retelling of Ashputtle? The Mutilated Girls The Burnt Child The toeless women The travelling ghost ```

The toeless women

``` The term swine has borrowed into the English vocabulary from the ________ tongue. French German Spanish Portuguese ```

French

``` Which author's fairy tales did Angela Carter translate? The Brothers Grimm Charles Perrault Hans Christian Anderson Roland Barthes ```

Charles Perrault

``` What kinds of impulse of the original tale does each retelling and rewriting seeks to align itself with, according to Jack Zipes? mythological significatory normative utopian ```

utopian

``` Cognitive narratology explores the negotiation between an actual author and an actual reader to produce - a fixed meaning an applied text an implied text a variable meaning ```

an implied text

``` Which of the following codes of narrative has not been given enough importance in understanding how meanings are created and accepted? hermeneutic code proairetic code graphic code semantic code ```

graphic code

``` Maus, Scott Pilgrim, and Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid in the World show that graphic novels have a verbal grammar with a syntax visual grammar with a syntax visual grammar without a syntax verbal grammar without a syntax ```

visual grammar with a syntax