Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer in each item below. Write your answer on a separate sheet of

paper.

1. Which statement best describes the similarities between the feminist and historical approaches to literary

analysis?

A. Both focus on the past events of the author’s life.

B. Both look beyond the text. C. Both value the importance of character portrayal. D. Both consider how cultural and

political forces affect the literary work.

2. What is the importance of critiquing a literary piece?

A. To disregard the reasons for our responses.

B. To search only for relationships between the works we read.

C. To draw connections between our reading and our life experiences.

D. To ignore the historical events that happened when the literary text was published.

3. What pivotal question can be answered in historical approach?

A. Are there any special circumstances during the time in the work was written? B. How are women portrayed in the

literary work? As stereotypes? As individuals? C. How is the woman’s point of view considered?

D. Is male superiority implied in the literary text?

4. What pivotal question can be answered in feminist approach?

A. Is there any relationship between the author and the text?

B. In what way is the literary work affected because it was written by a woman? or a man?

C. How does the decision of the character affect you when reading the text?

D. Is female superiority implied in the literary text?

5. Which of the following is a way of analyzing a feminist literary text?

A. It examines the author’s background and his past experience.

B. It investigates if the cultural and political forces affect the literary work.

C. It focuses on the past life events of the author.

D. It examines the portrayal of the characters, both female and male.​