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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Culler, what do literary works offer their readers?
(a) Detailed plans on how to revolt.
(b) Appropriate names.
(c) None of these.
(d) Models of identity.

2. According to Chapter 8, what is the debate surrounding the "I" on a personal level?
(a) Free will vs. predetermined choices.
(b) Free will vs. parental influence.
(c) All of these.
(d) Free will vs. written influence.

3. Who was against the ideas that performative language could be humorous?
(a) Steinam.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Derrida.
(d) Hemingway.

4. According to contemporary theorists, epic poetry has had what type of effect on culture?
(a) All of these.
(b) Little impact.
(c) Significant impact.
(d) Medium impact.

5. Who is Mikhail Bakhtin?
(a) A Roman philospher.
(b) An American writer.
(c) A French theorist.
(d) A Russian theorist.

6. What adjective describes a narrator who knows everything, even thoughts of other characters?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Intuitive.
(d) Productive.

7. When did J.L. Austin define the distinction between the various forms of utterance?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1870s.
(c) The 1400s.
(d) The 1950s.

8. In literature, what is it called when events take place opposite of expectation?
(a) Point of view.
(b) Alliteration.
(c) Irony.
(d) Flashback.

9. The use of what literary device requires the combination of language and imagination?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Verb.

10. Culler suggests that performative language aids is the understanding of ______________.
(a) Silence.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Discourse.

11. According to theorists, being lumped into a group identity poses what risk to an individual?
(a) A struggle to overcome stereotypes.
(b) All of these.
(c) Lost individuality.
(d) Lack of originality.

12. According to Culler, when it comes to performative language, what is required to give a word or a phrase weight?
(a) Origin.
(b) Syllable count.
(c) Spelling.
(d) Repeatability.

13. Who was J.L. Austin?
(a) A French linguist.
(b) A British philosopher.
(c) An American linguist.
(d) A Russian speaker.

14. According to Nancy Armstrong, what is a product of 18th century novels?
(a) The modern individual.
(b) The angry woman.
(c) The strong man.
(d) The frazzled student.

15. According to Culler, theory demands a promise to keep ____________.
(a) Thinking.
(b) Reading.
(c) All of these.
(d) Asking questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do theorists study performance utterances?

2. Poetry has the capability to influence what in its reader, according to Culler?

3. Who asserts that the interpretation of metaphor is often reliant upon another metaphor?

4. Using a word to represent a person, title, group, or similar is the use of __________.

5. According to Culler, what attracts readers to a character?

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