Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction Quiz | Four Week Quiz B

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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. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?
(a) The phone book.
(b) Private journals.
(c) All of these.
(d) Instructional manuals.

2. Who was J.L. Austin?
(a) A French linguist.
(b) An American linguist.
(c) A British philosopher.
(d) A Russian speaker.

3. What presents a story through the use of verbal patterning?
(a) Paragraph.
(b) Movement.
(c) Lyric.
(d) Theme.

4. Cultural studies aim to demonstrate how people are affected by ___________.
(a) The lack of money.
(b) The lack of education.
(c) Artistic merit.
(d) Cultural forces.

5. What should a novel be according to Mikhail Bakhtin?
(a) Polyphonic.
(b) Short.
(c) Poetic.
(d) Singular.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of literary work is "Jane Eyre"?

3. What type of study is approached clinically?

4. Culler reports that people in the 19th century believed that the "true nature" of an individual could be found in his ___________.

5. What form of narration tells a story from an "I" point of view?

(see the answer key)

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