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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Performative Language.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adjective describes a narrator who knows everything, even thoughts of other characters?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Intuitive.
(d) Productive.

2. Why are cultural studies and literary theory not at odds with each other?
(a) They were invented by the same person.
(b) They stem from the same philosophy.
(c) They are from two different genres.
(d) They are static.

3. What human need, according to Culler, drives the desire to hear the conclusion of a story?
(a) The need for knowledge and understanding.
(b) The need for conflict.
(c) The need for resolution.
(d) The need for love.

4. What form of narration tells a story from an "I" point of view?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Third Person.
(c) Second Person.
(d) First-person.

5. When did J.L. Austin define the distinction between the various forms of utterance?
(a) The 1870s.
(b) The 1400s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Interpretation is important in language because it can affect ______________.

2. Who was Michel Foucault?

3. In Chapter 3, from what form of culture is pop culture developed?

4. What era defined rhetoric as "the art of eloquence"?

5. According to Chapter 6, what do strong characters encourage readers to imagine?

(see the answer key)

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