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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, What Is Literature and Does It Matter?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Foucault, what form of communication had power over social ideals?
(a) Online resources.
(b) The newspaper.
(c) Literature.
(d) Letters.

2. What type of literary work is "Jane Eyre"?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Fiction.
(c) Expansive-fiction.
(d) Narrative-fiction.

3. What literary form do parts of Robert Burns' poetry imitate?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Folk songs.
(c) Speeches.
(d) Shakespeare.

4. What is the absolute, end result of theory, as expressed in Chapter 1, "What is Theory?"
(a) A change in history.
(b) An final understanding of literature.
(c) There isn't one.
(d) A solid, proven revision.

5. According to Chapter 2, literature must contain ____________ in order to qualify as literature.
(a) Social reform.
(b) Proper sentence structure.
(c) Words with a deeper meaning.
(d) Biblical references.

Short Answer Questions

1. Focault warned the masses to be wary of _________.

2. In what century did Rousseau write?

3. Culler explains the nature of discourse on theory as _________.

4. In terms of reading a literary work, Culler believes publication places what burden on a reader?

5. Modern Western literature can be traced to ______________.

(see the answer key)

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