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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?
(a) All of these.
(b) The phone book.
(c) Instructional manuals.
(d) Private journals.

2. What did Derrida discover in Rousseau's work?
(a) Russian phrases.
(b) Mystical images.
(c) Many structures.
(d) Absolutes.

3. According to Culler, if society prefers to invest time in popular culture, how might classical literature be affected?
(a) Writers may stop writing.
(b) It will become obsolete.
(c) It would cost less.
(d) It might go out of print.

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

5. Some scholars fear that literature could inspire _____________.
(a) Change.
(b) Rebellion.
(c) Individuality.
(d) All of these.

6. Culler explains the nature of discourse on theory as _________.
(a) All of these.
(b) Speculative.
(c) Predictable.
(d) Dull.

7. What is the absolute, end result of theory, as expressed in Chapter 1, "What is Theory?"
(a) A solid, proven revision.
(b) A change in history.
(c) There isn't one.
(d) An final understanding of literature.

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

9. What form of structuralism organizes culture into certain, rule-based practices?
(a) English.
(b) Spanish.
(c) French.
(d) Australian.

10. What is the purpose of literary theory, according to "What is Theory?"
(a) To transcend ignorant readers.
(b) To tame the masses.
(c) To reflect on ideas.
(d) To prove writing wrong.

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

12. According to Foucault, what form of communication had power over social ideals?
(a) The newspaper.
(b) Letters.
(c) Literature.
(d) Online resources.

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

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

15. In English literature, many lead characters were written in order to inspire ______________.
(a) Empathy.
(b) Nostalgia.
(c) Aspiration.
(d) Sequels.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has literary theory tried to do for the classics?

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

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

4. In Chapter 3, from what form of culture is pop culture developed?

5. In what century did Rousseau write?

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