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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 6, what type of narrator do readers most trust?
(a) An honest narrator.
(b) A well-known narrator.
(c) An unbiased narrator.
(d) An educated narrator.

2. What type of performance describes a state of affairs that can be proven to be accurate or inaccurate?
(a) Advanced.
(b) Dismissive.
(c) Constative.
(d) Rushing.

3. What form of criticism believes that the understanding of text is contingent upon reader knowledge and experience?
(a) Writer-response.
(b) Reader-awareness.
(c) Reader-response.
(d) Journal-revision.

4. English literature is known for being ____________.
(a) Political.
(b) Pastoral.
(c) Inaccurate.
(d) Sentimental.

5. According to Culler, what is a classic ideal that appears in many novels?
(a) Understanding of oneself.
(b) Truth and justice.
(c) A moral lesson.
(d) True love.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is modern literature?

3. Why do theorists study performance utterances?

4. According to some theorists, what idea was created by literature?

5. What great thinker believed plot to be the most significant part of a story?

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