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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Language, Meaning and Interpretation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Culler, what do literary theorists work to expose in literature?
(a) Inaccuracies.
(b) Exceptional sentence structure.
(c) Underlying themes.
(d) Bad writing.

3. What theory analyzes the relationship between mass culture and popular culture?
(a) American English.
(b) European Marxist theory.
(c) Russian Lennon theory.
(d) French socialism theory.

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

5. Theory rarely results in __________, according to Culler.
(a) A close estimation.
(b) A definitive answer.
(c) A good theory.
(d) A strong guess.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Goethe, "life devoid of passion" is ___________.

2. According to Culler, if society prefers to invest time in popular culture, how might classical literature be affected?

3. Who believed language is made up of a system of differences?

4. In the West, most theorists believe language allows for _____________.

5. What idea did Rousseau help to develop?

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