MCQs: Cultural studies- Marxism
1.Cultural
Studies, influenced by Marxist thought, is concerned with:
a) The study of classic literary texts.
b) The analysis of artistic techniques in paintings.
c) The relationship between culture, power, and
society.
d) The examination of ancient folklore.
2.What is the
primary focus of Marxist criticism in literature and cultural studies?
a) The analysis of literary style and form
b) The exploration of authorial intent
c) The examination of class struggle and societal
power dynamics
d) The study of religious symbolism
3.According to
Cultural Studies, what does the term "discourse" refer to?
a) A written or spoken communication
b) An individual's personal beliefs and values
c) The unconscious mind's influence on artistic
expression
d) The dominant ideas and practices that shape
social reality
4.The Birmingham
Centre became center for Contemporary Cultural Studies founded by
a) Frederic Jameson b)
Lyotard
c) Karl Marx d)
Richard Hoggart
5.Which
influential Marxist thinker emphasized the concept of "cultural
hegemony"?
a) Karl Marx b)
Friedrich Engels
c) Antonio Gramsci d)
Louis Althusser
6.Who
said ‘Culture is Ordinary’?
a) Karl Marx b) George
Lukas
c) Terry Eagleton d)
Raymod Williams
7.Prison
Note Books is a work by?
a) Karl Marx b) Friedrich Engels
c) Antonio Gramsci d) Louis
Althusser
8."Kafka or
Thomas Mann?" is a famous essay by?
c) Antonio Gramsci d) Louis
Althusser
9.In Louis
Althusser’s Theory of Ideology, which is not an RSA (Repressive State Apparatuses) –
a)use of Law and court, b)use of prison,
c)use of Army, police d) use of schools
10.In Marxist
criticism, the "superstructure" refers to:
a) The physical setting of a literary work.
b) The ruling class's control over the means of
production.
c) The economic base that determines societal norms
and values.
d) The cultural and ideological aspects of society
that reflect and support the economic base.
11.Which of the
following concepts is often associated with Stuart Hall's work in Cultural
Studies?
a) Aestheticism b)
Reception theory
c) Encoding/decoding d)
Semiotics
12.Which
post-modernist writer wrote The
Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge (1979)
a) Frederic Jameson b)
Lyotard
c) Karl Marx d)
Louis Althusser
13. Who among the
following is considered a foundational figure in Cultural Studies?
A) T.S. Eliot
B) Raymond Williams
C) Cleanth Brooks
D) Northrop Frye
14. Which work by
Raymond Williams introduced the concept of "keywords" in cultural
analysis?
A) Culture and Society (1958)
B) Marxism and Literature (1977)
C) Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society
(1976)
D) The Long Revolution (1961)
15. Which of the
following is a key focus of Cultural Studies?
A) Close reading of poetic meter
B) Analyzing high culture exclusively
C) Examining the relationship between culture,
power, and ideology
D) Rejecting all forms of popular culture
16. Stuart Hall's
theory of __________ describes how media encodes and audiences decode meanings
differently.
A) Interpellation
B) Reception theory
C) Simulacra
D) Encoding/Decoding model
17. Which concept
refers to the blending of high and low culture in Cultural Studies?
A) Hegemony
B) Hybridity
C) Cultural capital
D) The canon
18. Antonio
Gramsci's concept of __________ is central to Cultural Studies, referring to
ideological domination by consent rather than force.
A) False consciousness
B) Hegemony
C) Dialectical materialism
D) Reification
19. Which
theorist introduced the idea of "subcultures" and their resistance to
dominant culture?
A) Dick Hebdige B)
Michel de Certeau
C) Pierre Bourdieu D)
Judith Butler
20. Orientalism
(1978), a key text in postcolonial Cultural Studies, was written by:
A) Homi K. Bhabha B)
Gayatri Spivak
C) Edward Said D)
Frantz Fanon
21. Pierre
Bourdieu's concept of __________ refers to non-economic social assets like
education and cultural knowledge.
A) Habitus B)
Cultural capital
C) Symbolic violence D)
Field theory
22.Who is
considered one of the founders of British Cultural Studies and co-author of The
Uses of Literacy?
A) Raymond Williams B)
Richard Hoggart
C) Stuart Hall D)
E.P. Thompson
23.Which
institution is closely associated with the development of Cultural Studies in
the UK?
A) Cambridge School
B) Oxford English School
C) London School of Economics
D) Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural
Studies (CCCS)
24.What is the
central idea of Antonio Gramsci’s concept of “hegemony,” often used in Cultural
Studies?
A) Economic power determines culture
B) Dominance is maintained by consent, not force
C) All power is derived from language
D) History is a class struggle
25.In
Mythologies, Roland Barthes analyzed cultural texts as:
A) Pure historical documents
B) Religious allegories
C) Systems of signs and myths
D) Psychological case studies
26.Which of these
theorists is associated with the concept of habitus and cultural capital?
A) Michel Foucault B)
Pierre Bourdieu
C) Raymond Williams D)
Jacques Derrida
27.Who wrote
Culture and Society (1958), tracing the evolution of the idea of culture in
British society?
A) Raymond Williams B)
Fredric Jameson
C) Stuart Hall D)
Michel de Certeau
28.Which term
refers to the blending or merging of cultures in postcolonial and cultural
studies?
A) Subalternity B)
Essentialism
C) Hybridity D)
Alienation
29. Who are the
original founders of Marxist theory?
A) Friedrich Nietzsche and Sigmund Freud
B) Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
C) Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin
D) Ferdinand de Saussure and Michel Foucault
30. Which Marxist
theorist emphasized the role of ideological state apparatuses such as schools,
media, and religion?
A) Raymond Williams
B) Louis Althusser
C) Terry Eagleton
D) Stuart Hall
Answers:
|
1. C |
2. C |
3.A |
4.D |
5.C |
6.D |
7.C |
8.B |
9.D |
10.D |
|
11.C |
12.B |
13. B |
14. C |
15. C |
16. D |
17. B |
18. B |
19. A |
20. C |
|
21. B |
22. B |
23. D |
24. B |
25. C |
26. B |
27. A |
28. C |
29. B |
30. B |
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