Deck 14: Ideological Criticism

Question 1

Ideological criticism is concerned with exposing the dynamics of _________________

A) rhetoric.
B) persuasion.
C) language.
D) power.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Marxists believe in undermining exploitive systems of

A) education.
B) religion.
C) economics.
D) entertainment.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Ideological critics are particularly interested in ____________________ rather than__________________voices.

A) monotonous, polysemous
B) marginalized, dominant
C) dominant, marginalized
D) elite, common

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Ideological critics believe it's important that a text be interpreted as its author intended.

Question 5

Deconstructionists like to explore how texts "unravel," meaning they look at how texts_________________ themselves to become ___________________.

A) contradict, unstable
B) support, more credible
C) loosen, wider and broader
D) validate, more accurate

Question 6

When examining the meanings in a text, a deconstructionist keeps in mind that language is___________________

A) predictable.
B) polysemous.
C) settled.
D) stable.

Question 7

The approach of Marxism is primarily interested in how elites use rhetoric as a tool___________________

A) to expand options.
B) of repression.
C) to share wealth.
D) for learning.

Question 8

One reason that elite cultural domination is accepted by the masses, Marxists posit, is that itseems

A) natural.
B) irrelevant.
C) dialectical.
D) artificial.

Question 9

According to Marxist theory, utopian strategies typically serve the interests of the_________________ rather than the _________________.

A) poor, wealthy
B) hungry, well-fed
C) exploiters, exploited
D) oppressed, oppressors

Question 10

The principles of Postcolonial criticism might be partly summed up, as Chapter 14 suggests,by the slogan, "West is ___________________"

A) a place to rest.
B) opposite of East, which is "other."
C) a cozy nest.
D) not necessarily best.