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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. When a novel contains situations that should be intolerable, what are readers prompted to defy?
(a) Authority.
(b) Social injustice.
(c) Reading.
(d) Personal convictions.

2. According to Chapter 6, what is the purpose of withholding information from a reader?
(a) To frustrate the reader.
(b) To build suspense.
(c) To confuse the reader.
(d) To appear intelligent.

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

4. Who was Judith Butler?
(a) A Harvard professor.
(b) A famous French speaker.
(c) A published fiction writer.
(d) An American philospher.

5. According to Chapter 3, which author continues to stand the test of time?
(a) Ben Jonson.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Dan Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Cultural studies aim to demonstrate how people are affected by ___________.

2. What part of "The History of Sexuality" bothered Michel Foucault?

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

4. How old is modern literature?

5. In Chapter 7, performative language phrases are not required to be _____________.

(see the answer key)

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