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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. Culler reports that some scholars are worried that isolation for readers may become __________.
(a) Angry.
(b) Too intelligent.
(c) Disengaged.
(d) Wealthy.

2. How old is modern literature?
(a) Fifty years.
(b) Two decades.
(c) Two centuries.
(d) One century.

3. Modern Western literature can be traced to ______________.
(a) French Writers and Artists.
(b) British Agnostic believers.
(c) German Romantic theorists.
(d) Russian Scholars.

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

5. What is the purpose of literary theory, according to "What is Theory?"
(a) To transcend ignorant readers.
(b) To tame the masses.
(c) To prove writing wrong.
(d) To reflect on ideas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nationality was Rousseau?

2. Based on "What is Theory?" which of the following words can be used to describe theory?

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

4. In English literature, many lead characters were written in order to inspire ______________.

5. What is the significance of published literature, according to Culler?

(see the answer key)

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