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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is thecritical approach which uses the methods and findings of the science of linguistics in the analysis of literary texts?
(a) Ambiguity.
(b) Intersubjectivity.
(c) Stylistics.
(d) Grammatology.

2. According to Peter Barry, what is the subject of narratology common to all story-telling?
(a) Mechanisms and procedures.
(b) Imitation and motivation.
(c) Metaphors and synonyms.
(d) Genre and plot.

3. According to Peter Barry, the aim of Marxism was to bring about a ________ society, based on the common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange.
(a) Thoughtless.
(b) Homeless.
(c) Classless.
(d) Lawless.

4. According to Peter Barry at the beginning of the book "Beginning Theory," many of the chapters in the book were based on material Barry has used in the "Introduction to Literature" courses at what university?
(a) TSU.
(b) LSU.
(c) ASU.
(d) FSU.

5. Ecocritics emphasize writers who highlight ________ as their subject matter.
(a) Feminists.
(b) Animals.
(c) Nature.
(d) Children.

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator explains that narratology studies how narratives, or stories, creates ________.

2. What was the name of Martin Taylor's poems that Mark Lilly used in his straight-forward essay that surveyed the range of First World War poetry?

3. Which of the following people broke away from feminism and made new allegiances, in particular, with gay men rather than with other women?

4. Ecocritics expand literary practice to emphasize factual writing with ________ work like travel writing and regional literature.

5. What was the name of the Nigerian novelist who published his first novel, "Things Fall Apart," in 1958, and was criticized by an early reviewer for affecting identity with African villagers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is discourse as it relates to new historicism?

2. What does ecocriticism study? What is another term for ecocriticism?

3. What was the "Vulgar Marxism"?

4. Who was Karl Marx?

5. What were some of the influences on early Marxist thinking?

6. Briefly explain new historicism as it is described by the author.

7. What do ecocritics do according to Peter Barry?

8. What is lesbian feminism?

9. What is the aim of Marxism, according to the narrator?

10. How does Barry use the term "discourse" in relation to narratology? Who else used such term according to Barry?

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