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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of criticism believes that the understanding of text is contingent upon reader knowledge and experience?
(a) Reader-response.
(b) Writer-response.
(c) Journal-revision.
(d) Reader-awareness.

2. According to theorists, how many people are required to obtain multiple interpretations of a text?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

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

4. In terms of reading a literary work, Culler believes publication places what burden on a reader?
(a) Reading it.
(b) Buying it.
(c) Understanding it.
(d) Sharing it with friends.

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

6. According to Chapter 3, what creates tension within cultural studies?
(a) Educators prefer to read without coaching.
(b) Writers are against it.
(c) Two different approaches.
(d) Ambiguous results.

7. Based on "What is Theory?" which of the following words can be used to describe theory?
(a) Literal.
(b) Scattered.
(c) None of these.
(d) Unfocused.

8. Who is Ferdinand de Saussure?
(a) A German professor.
(b) A Swiss linguist.
(c) An American journalist.
(d) A Russian leader.

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

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

11. According to the majority of theorists, who has the power to determine what can be known as literature?
(a) Readers.
(b) Society.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Professors.

12. According to Chapter 4, what effect should the words have on the reader?
(a) An effect on imagination.
(b) An emotional response.
(c) All of these.
(d) A subliminal message.

13. According to Chapter 4, what is a secret message placed within the broader scope of a text?
(a) Subliminal message.
(b) Hidden message.
(c) Creative message.
(d) False message.

14. What non-fiction literary device does "Jane Eyre" mimic?
(a) An article.
(b) An autobiography.
(c) A diary.
(d) A biography.

15. In Chapter 3, "Literature and Cultural Studies," what does the production of literature drive in society?
(a) The culture.
(b) The church.
(c) The readers.
(d) The teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what century did Rousseau write?

2. According to studies, the majority of film and literature has been created from whose point of view?

3. For what types of literature has cultural studies gained new attention?

4. Thanks to cultural studies, the literary canon has succeeded in _____________.

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

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