Reader-Response Theory: Central Texts Quiz
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Reader-Response Theory? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Which text by Samuel Beckett is full of blanks?
Hamlet
Endgame
Paradise Lost
"A Rose for Emily"
Q. In which book does Louise Rosenblatt talk about the importance of the reader's response to a literary work?
The Act of Reading: A Theory of Aesthetic Response
"Literature in the Reader: Affective Stylistics"
Subjective Criticism
Answer choice 4: Literature as Exploration
Q. In which essay does Norman N. Holland discuss the relationship between identity and reading?
"Unity Identity Text Self"
"Literature in the Reader: Affective Stylistics"
"A Rose for Emily"
Religio Medici
Q. Which epic poem does Stanley Fish analyze from a Reader-Response perspective?
The Iliad
The Odyssey
Paradise Lost
The Faerie Queene
Q. Which famous play by Shakespeare helped inspire psychoanalytic Reader-Response interpretations?
King Lear
Coriolanus
Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet