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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ecocriticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, post-colonial critics would discuss the representation of what country in Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness"?
(a) Australia.
(b) Africa.
(c) America.
(d) Ireland.

2. Throughout the nineteenth century, linguistics was usually known as ________, and was almost entirely historical in emphasis.
(a) Semiology.
(b) Philology.
(c) Narratology.
(d) Phenomenology.

3. 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) Jewish.
(d) Atheist.

4. Lesbian theory that broke away from feminism and made new allegiances, in particular, with gay men rather than with other women is called "queer theory" or ________.
(a) Queer studies.
(b) Heterosexual examinations.
(c) Homosexual concepts.
(d) Homosexual education.

5. The institutional acceptance of the term "queer" dates to a 1990 conference on "queer theory" at what major university?
(a) University of New Mexico.
(b) University of Florida.
(c) University of New York.
(d) University of California.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, post-colonial criticism gained currency through the influence of all the following books except for which one?

2. According to the chapter titled "Marxist Criticism," what was the name of the group that had flourished in the 1920s until disbanded by the Party, even though their work was not strictly Marxist in spirit?

3. What was the name of the American literature lecturer mentioned in the Introduction who died in January of 1995?

4. Who argued in 1905 that literature must become an instrument of the party and that "literature must become Party literature"?

5. Who was credited as being a key figure in the development of modern approaches to language study in the chapter titled Structuralism?

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