Quiz on Formalism and New Critcism

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Restart Quiz const questions = [ { question: "What is the primary focus of New Criticism?", options: ["Author's biography", "Historical context", "The text itself", "Reader's response"], correctAnswer: 2 }, { question: "Which concept is NOT associated with New Criticism?", options: ["Close reading", "Intentional fallacy", "Affective fallacy", "Author's intention"], correctAnswer: 3 }, { question: "Who is considered one of the founders of New Criticism?", options: ["T.S. Eliot", "William Wordsworth", "Virginia Woolf", "Charles Dickens"], correctAnswer: 0 }, { question: "What does Formalism primarily emphasize?", options: ["Social context", "Biographical information", "Literary form and technique", "Reader's emotions"], correctAnswer: 2 }, { question: "Which term refers to the idea that a text's meaning is self-contained?", options: ["Textual autonomy", "Authorial intent", "Reader-response", "Historical context"], correctAnswer: 0 }, { question: "What is the 'heresy of paraphrase' in New Criticism?", options: ["Summarizing a poem", "Analyzing metaphors", "Focusing on rhythm", "Interpreting symbols"], correctAnswer: 0 }, { question: "Which school of literary criticism emerged as a reaction against New Criticism?", options: ["Structuralism", "Reader-response theory", "Deconstruction", "Marxist criticism"], correctAnswer: 1 }, { question: "What is the primary goal of close reading in New Criticism?", options: ["To understand the author's life", "To analyze the text's historical context", "To examine the text's intrinsic features", "To explore the reader's emotional response"], correctAnswer: 2 }, { question: "Which of the following is NOT a key principle of Formalism?", options: ["Focus on literary devices", "Emphasis on structure", "Importance of biographical context", "Analysis of language"], correctAnswer: 2 }, { question: "What does the term 'organic unity' refer to in New Criticism?", options: ["The connection between a text and nature", "The interrelation of all elements in a work", "The author's personal growth", "The evolution of literary genres"], correctAnswer: 1 } ]; let currentQuestion = 0; let score = 0; let userName = ""; function startQuiz() { userName = document.getElementById("name").value; if (userName.trim() === "") { alert("Please enter your name to start the quiz."); return; } document.getElementById("name-input").classList.add("hidden"); document.getElementById("quiz").classList.remove("hidden"); loadQuestion(); } function loadQuestion() { const q = questions[currentQuestion]; document.getElementById("question").textContent = `${currentQuestion + 1}. ${q.question}`; const optionsHtml = q.options.map((option, index) => `<div> <input type="radio" name="answer" id="option${index}" value="${index}"> <label for="option${index}">${option}</label> </div>` ).join(""); document.getElementById("options").innerHTML = optionsHtml; } function submitAnswer() { const selected = document.querySelector('input[name="answer"]:checked'); if (!selected) { alert("Please select an answer."); return; } if (parseInt(selected.value) === questions[currentQuestion].correctAnswer) { score++; } currentQuestion++; if (currentQuestion < questions.length) { loadQuestion(); } else { showResult(); } } function showResult() { document.getElementById("quiz").classList.add("hidden"); document.getElementById("result").classList.remove("hidden"); document.getElementById("score").textContent = `${userName}, your score is ${score} out of ${questions.length}.`; } function restartQuiz() { currentQuestion = 0; score = 0; document.getElementById("result").classList.add("hidden"); document.getElementById("name-input").classList.remove("hidden"); document.getElementById("name").value = ""; }

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