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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Literature and Cultural Studies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of "The History of Sexuality" bothered Michel Foucault?
(a) Its repressive delivery.
(b) Its graphic delivery.
(c) Its focus on the female.
(d) Its inaccurate information.

2. Thanks to cultural studies, what has happened to many previously discarded works?
(a) They were rediscovered.
(b) They were revamped.
(c) They were debated in schools.
(d) All of these.

3. According to Goethe, "life devoid of passion" is ___________.
(a) Difficult to achieve.
(b) An honor.
(c) Meaningless.
(d) Typical.

4. What has literary theory tried to do for the classics?
(a) Censor them.
(b) Make them into movies.
(c) Insult them.
(d) Save them.

5. On a grand scale, scholars believe literature to have the capability to speak for __________.
(a) Lawmakers.
(b) Society.
(c) Students.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has literary theory helped add to the study of classics?

2. What, according to Culler, is unique about cultural studies?

3. According to Chapter 3, what creates tension within cultural studies?

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

5. What nationality was Rousseau?

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