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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Theory before theory - liberal humanism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term suggests a range of negative attributes, such as "non-Marxist" and "non-feminist," and "non-theoretical"?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Modernism.
(c) Humanism.
(d) Dialogism.

2. What where the only two universities in England in the nineteenth century?
(a) Birmingham and Buckingham.
(b) Oxford and Cambridge.
(c) Kingston and Liverpool.
(d) Manchester and Winchester.

3. What term is used in the Introduction means not politically radical, and hence generally evasive and non-committal on political issues?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Communists.
(c) Conservative.
(d) Liberal.

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

5. Who was appointed Professor at King's College, London in 1840?
(a) F.D. Maurice.
(b) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(c) Frank McCourt.
(d) Nick Hornby.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator in the Introduction, what two introductions to theory sources deal with the problems of teaching or learning theory?

2. Who was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?

3. Who said the following quote found in the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism: "We are told that the study of literature 'cultivates the taste, educates the sympathies and enlarges the mind'"?

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

5. The Introduction states that ________, like novelists, are dauntingly plentiful.

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