Reader-Response Theory: Who's Who? 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. Who came up with the concept of "interpretive communities"?
William Shakespeare
David Bleich
Stanley Fish
Norman N. Holland
Q. Who wrote a book called 5 Readers Reading?
Norman N. Holland
Louise Rosenblatt
Stanley Fish
Wolfgang Iser
Q. Who was the first theorist to adopt a Reader-Response perspective?
Wolfgang Iser
Stanley Fish
Louise Rosenblatt
David Bleich
Q. Who is interested in "blanks"?
Louise Rosenblatt
Wolfgang Iser
William Faulkner
Stanley Fish
Q. Who wrote a book called Subjective Criticism?
Norman N. Holland
Louise Rosenblatt
David Bleich
Stanley Fish