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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. 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) Sir Philip Sidney.
(b) Archimedes.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

2. The narrator states that the study of English literature was seen as a kind of substitute for ________.
(a) Religion.
(b) Science.
(c) Social studies.
(d) History.

3. Which of F.R. Leavis's teachings was essentially a syllabus, manageable within a year-long undergraduate course?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) Great Tradition.
(c) Great American Literature.
(d) Great Explorations.

4. The chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism states that the conventional reading of the origins of the subject of English is that this kind of thinking begins with who?
(a) John Webster.
(b) Thomas Malory.
(c) Matthew Arnold.
(d) Edwin Abbott.

5. What does the narrator say the reader will have the most difficulty as the result of what?
(a) The way theory was created.
(b) The way theory is told.
(c) The way theory is written.
(d) The way theory is taught.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term suggests a range of negative attributes, such as "non-Marxist" and "non-feminist," and "non-theoretical"?

3. The narrator suggests that liberal humanists believe in ________ as something fixed and constant which great literature expresses.

4. The narrator explains in the Introduction that the emphasis on practice means that this is what form of book?

5. All of the following religious believers were not allowed to attend university in England in the nineteenth century except which one?

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