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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Post-structuralism and deconstruction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter titled Structuralism, the narrator explains that ________ applied the structuralism method to the general field of modern culture.
(a) Edgar Allan Poe.
(b) Isaac Newton.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Roland Barthes.

2. The narrator explains that the first prestigious name in English writing about literature was that of ________, who wrote his "Apology for Poetry" in about 1580.
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(b) Sir Philip Sidney.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) William Blake.

3. According to Peter Barry, where does post-structuralism ultimately derive from?
(a) Physics.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Pyschology.
(d) Zoology.

4. According to the chapter titled Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, structuralism derives ultimately from ________.
(a) Linguistics.
(b) Hermeneutics.
(c) Mimesis.
(d) Formalism.

5. All of the following religious believers were not allowed to attend university in England in the nineteenth century except which one?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Anglican.
(c) Atheist.
(d) Jewish.

Short Answer Questions

1. The notion of the ________, posited by Levi-Strauss, denoting the minimal units of narrative "sense," is formed on the analogy of the morpheme, which, in linguistics, is the ________ unit of grammatical sense.

2. What was another name for the semic code found within the chapter titled Structuralism?

3. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the ________ probably saw the high-water mark of literary theory.

4. Whom does Peter Barry credit for being the first person and anthropologist to use structuralism in their work?

5. Who does the narrator say was the founder of a method of studying English which is still the norm today?

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