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Multiple choice test. Mark the correct answer. There is only one correct answer for each question
1. Interpretation:
Option 1
a/ is when we understand and analyze the text on one single level of meaning.
Option 2
b/ is when we deprive the signifier of its code.
Option 3
c/ is when we deprive the code of its signifier.
Option 4
d/ none of the above.
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2. Drama concentrates on:
a/ the here and now of action.
b/ the infertility of the community.
c/ one change in the world.
d/ one event in the adaptation of a story.
3. Drama uses the capacity of language called:
a/ deaxis
b/ decoding
c/ preaccess
d/ none of the above
4. The canon is:
a/ always manipulated by contemporary ideology and social norms.
b/ never manipulated by contemporary ideology and social norms.
c/ manipulated by contemporary ideology and social norms only in democratic societies.
5. Literariness:
a/ is an ontological category.
b/ is independent of the reading public.
c/ is an independent individual value-judgment.
d/ always depends on our horizon of expectations.
6. Decorum says you should never:
a/ preserve the purity of genres.
b/ mix different styles.
c/ both a and b.
d/ rely on the beauty of dramatic techniques.
7. Polyphony is:
a/ the presence of several speakers in a poem.
b/ the presence of several strong metaphors in a poem.
c/ the presence of several equally weak characters in a text.
d/ the presence of several strong ideological points of view in a text.
8. Tragicomedy suggests that:
a/ there might be no decorum in human existence.
b/ there might be no clear moral categories and decisions in society.
c/ there is a heroic quest in the drama.
d/ there are clear black-and-white patterns in social existence.
9. Focalization is:
a/ the system of master plots in narrative fiction.
b/ the system of flat and round characters.
c/ the system of genre-generating factors.
d/ the system of points of view in narrative fiction.
10. The literary work of art:
a/ is an intended subject.
b/ depends on our intentions and mental activities.
c/ is independent of the subject.
d/ depends on the writer’s consciousness.
11. The two main forms of genre-changing are:
a/ deixis and indeixis.
b/ multiplication and division.
c/ indecorum and decorum.
d/. none of the above
12. Tropes operate on the basis of:
a/ foregrounded irregularity on the level of meaning.
b/ foregrounded identification.
c/ foregrounded regularity on the level of expression.
d/ foregrounded regularity on the level of content.
13. Main ideas in comedy are:
a/ integration and loss.
b/ disintegration and carnival.
c/ disintegration and festivity.
d/ reintegration and carnival feast.
14. The metonymy is based on the act of:
a/ substitution.
b/ comparison.
c/ repetition.
d/ identification.