The Writer's Workshop Reader-Response Criticism #1 If you have any questions or comments on this quiz, please email Dr. Tom Fish. No. of Questions= 10 1. This type of reader has been consciously or unconsciously envisioned by the author. a) ideal reader b) intended reader c) resisting reader d) real reader 2. The __________ refuses to accept the perspective that the text attempts to impose. a) implied reader b) resisting reader c) real reader d) ideal reader 3. Part of the reader's role is to process the multiple perspectives in a text and from these to articulate a meaningful response. Wolfgang Iser terms this function the reader role as __________. a) transaction b) correspondence c) ideology d) structured act 4. The competency of the __________ allows him to understand all parts of a text. a) ideal reader b) intended reader c) resisting reader d) real reader 5. To discover or create the meaning of a literary work, the author, text, and reader will participate in a collaborative __________. a) structured act b) correspondence c) transaction in which the reader must finally process materials from the text as well as various contexts to determine meaning d) exchange in which the meaning of literature comes from the reader's understanding of a cultural episteme 6. This type of reader possesses the predispositions of attitudes or values that are necessary for the text to effect its meaning. a) implied reader b) resisting reader c) real reader d) ideal reader 7. Wolfgang Iser defines the reader's importance as a "textual structure." In fulfilling this role, the reader __________. a) understands a text based upon a familiarity with and application of a literary code. b) performs operations based upon a set of conventions to discover meaning. c) is led by the multiple vantage points of the text to a "meeting place" -- a vista of consciousness determined by the text. d) recognizes the narrative voice that indicates the author's intentions in the text. 8. Several readers examine a text and arrive at individual interpretations. The composite reader created by combining and comparing these different interpretations and points-of-view has been termed the __________. a) intended reader b) superreader c) implied reader d) ideal reader 9. The literary competency of the ideal reader refers to the reader's __________. a) ability to recognize the allusions and other contextual clues that indicate the accurate in interpretation of the text b) articulation of meaning in the context of the author's outlook c) possession of the predispositions and values necessary to understand the text d) ability to understand a text based on its literary code(s) 10. The main interest of the Reader-Response critic is __________. a) in examining what occurs when a text and a reader interact b) the autonomy of a piece of literature c) the study of a literary sign-system d) to determine an author's intentions that indicate the absolute meaning of the text Go to top of quiz © 1999 Thomas E. Fish Cumberland College Created with QuizPlease
The Writer's Workshop
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