1000+ Literary Theory MCQs – Part 23: Ecocriticism

1. ________ studies the relationship between literature and the physical environment.

1. Pre-Raphaelitism
2. New Criticism
3. Phonocentrism
4. Ecocriticism

2. What is another term for ecocriticism?

1. Earth studies
2. Green studies
3. Water studies
4. Wind studies

3. ________ is a co-founder of ecocriticism, with Harold Fromm, which developed in the early 1990s in the USA.

1. Robert Heinlein
2. George Orwell
3. Cheryll Glotfelty
4. Frank Herbert

4. Ecocriticism was a term applied to work previously known as what form of writing?

1. Scientific
2. Nurture
3. Nature
4. Biological

5. All of the following writers are major points of reference for ecocriticism except whom?

1. Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. Henry David Thoreau
4. Margaret Fuller

6. ________ read major works from an ecocentric point of view and extend the application of ecocentric concepts to areas other than the natural world.

1. Ecofeminists
2. Ecocentrists
3. Ecologists
4. Ecocritics

7. Ecocritics emphasise writers who highlight ________ as their subject matter.

1. Children
2. Nature
3. Animals
4. Feminists

8. Ecocritics expand the literary canon to emphasise factual writing, especially ________ work such as travel writing and regional literature.

1. Recuperative
2. Surrealist
3. Pseudo-statement
4. Topographical

9. Which of the following authors enjoys a prominent position within the field of ecocriticism?

1. Charles Dickens
2. Margaret Fuller
3. Amrita Pritam
4. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

10. The term ‘ecological imperialism’ was coined by

1. Vandana Shiva
2. Lawrence Buell
3. Alfred Crosby
4. Paulo Freire

11. With which theory does one associate Lawrence Buell?

1. Ecocriticism
2. Posthumanism
3. Western Marxism
4. Queer Theory

12. In the context of ecocriticism, the three phases identified by Cheryll Glotfelty are:

1. I, III and IV are correct
2. I, II and III are correct
3. I, II and IV are correct
4. II, III and IV are correct

13. “It isn’t language which has a hole in its ozone layer.” Identify the author and book in which this famous statement appears.

1. Karl Kroeber in Ecological Literary Criticism
2. Kate Soper in What is Nature?
3. Robert Harrison in Forests: The Shadow of Civilization
4. Jonathan Bate in Romantic Ecology

14. Who coined the term “ecological imperialism”?

1. Alfred Crosby
2. Paulo Freire
3. Lawrence Buell
4. Vandana Shiva

15. Who makes this statement: “Simply put, ecocriticism is the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment”?

1. Vandana Shiva
2. Lynn White
3. Erich Fromm
4. Cheryl Glotfelty

16. Which of the following nineteenth-century figures is not a major influence on American ecocriticism?

1. Margaret Fuller
2. Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. John Stuart Mill
4. Henry David Thoreau

17. Which one of the following is not a principle of Deep Ecology?

1. Deeply impassioned and ethical engagement of the scientist with nature
2. Maintaining ecological and cultural diversity
3. Human being as ecological self and believer in biocentric egalitarianism
4. Engaging with pollution and conservation issues to protect human interests

18. “No attempt to liberate women will be successful without an attempt to free nature” is an argument of the theory of:

1. Ecofeminism
2. New Historicism
3. Marxism
4. Écriture féminine

19. Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival in India is a study of environmental issues in India by:

1. Medha Patkar
2. Vandana Shiva
3. Sunderlal Bahuguna
4. Baba Amte

20. Vandana Shiva’s Staying Alive does not deal with:

1. The Green Revolution
2. Patriarchy and capitalism
3. Religious fundamentalism
4. The idea of progress

21. Who among the following coined the term ‘ecofeminism’?

1. Monique Wittig
2. Marguerite Duras
3. Hélène Cixous
4. Françoise d’Eaubonne

22. Which of the following statements is the most appropriate in the context of Françoise d’Eaubonne’s concept of ecofeminism?

1. It is a revolution by women against men to protect Nature.
2. It is a philosophical idea to counter the oppression of women by men, as similar to the oppression and destruction of Nature by men.
3. It is a term used to describe how the human race could be saved by men initiating an ecological revolution.
4. It is a term used to describe the interface between women and technology.