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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Identity, Identification, and the Subject.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The way the plot is presented is referred to as the ________.
(a) Grand finale.
(b) Discourse.
(c) Denouement.
(d) Revelation.

2. In Chapter 7, what is a requirement for the believable appearance of literary performatives?
(a) Writing.
(b) Publication.
(c) Proper story format.
(d) Discussion.

3. According to Chapter 4, how many specific elements do theorists analyze when considering a word in the text?
(a) Zero.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

4. What nationality was Rousseau?
(a) Russian.
(b) British.
(c) African.
(d) French.

5. Who asserts that the interpretation of metaphor is often reliant upon another metaphor?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Derrida.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mikhail Bakhtin?

2. According to Culler, what do many novels teach about heartache?

3. Rousseau was concerned that what form of communication could be easily misinterpreted?

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

5. Who was Michel Foucault?

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