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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Post-Structuralism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Eagleton, formalism is the application of what to the study of literature?
(a) Linguistics.
(b) Sociology.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Economics.

2. According to Eagleton, why is E.D. Hirsch able to maintain his view that literary meaning is absolute and resistant to historical change?
(a) Because meaning is viewed as pre-historic.
(b) Because meaning is viewed as pre-modern.
(c) Because meaning is viewed as pre-arranged.
(d) Because meaning is viewed as pre-linguistic.

3. Eagleton argues that if literature includes much factual writing, it also excludes "quite a lot of" what?
(a) Autobiography.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Biography.
(d) Nonfiction.

4. What is the German word for how reality is not objective, but experienced and organized by an individual subject?
(a) Lebenswelt.
(b) Wendepunkt.
(c) Vorgeschichte.
(d) Bildungsroman.

5. Why is the example Eagleton gives of the sign in the London Underground system that "dogs must be carried on the escalator" a case of estrangement?
(a) Because of the ambiguities inherent in the statement, which raises questions about its meaning.
(b) Because the directive is unambigious and therefore inherently meaningful.
(c) Because the language is prosaic and straightforward.
(d) Because the statement is a directive where people who do not follow are estranged from society.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eagleton, why is Hans-Georg Gadamer not concerned about bringing our cultural preconceptions to a literary work?

2. What proposes a "severe problem" for Husserl's theory?

3. Who silenced the Russian formalists, according to Eagleton?

4. According to Eagleton, why did the Russian formalists NOT see a literary work as a vehicle for ideas, reflection of reality, or transcendental truth?

5. The transition from structuralism to post-structuralism is partly in response to what movement?

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