Feminist Writings Flashcards
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
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
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)
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
Patriarchy asserted its dominance and naturalized itself through Religion Psychological terrorism and violence National politics Literature
Psychological terrorism and violence
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
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
What is the first Ideological State Apparatus where patriarchy is indoctrinated? School Religious Institutions Family Politics
Family
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)
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
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
“This is the way we were experientially schooled in the \_\_\_ of patriarchy”. form skill norm art
art
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
What does the boss’s ability to weep at will best signify? Arrogant Masculinity Emotional imbalance Trauma Stress
Arrogant Masculinity
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
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
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
