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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Nancy Armstrong, feelings and personal qualities in characters became more important than _____________.
(a) Beauty.
(b) The ability to be clever.
(c) Class distinctions.
(d) Education level.

3. When a narrator only knows certain things, what is the narration called?
(a) Third person.
(b) Productive limited.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Third person limited.

4. According to some theorists, what idea was created by literature?
(a) Acknowledging one's significance.
(b) Living by one's conscience.
(c) Creating a family unit.
(d) Being in love.

5. Using a word to represent a person, title, group, or similar is the use of __________.
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Trope Metonymy.
(c) Anthropomorphism.
(d) Bibliomancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 5, how should poems be read?

2. In the 20th century, what is the most popular form of literature, according to Culler?

3. According to Nancy Armstrong, what is a product of 18th century novels?

4. Who was J.L. Austin?

5. In Culler's opinion, to what is rhetoric related?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 7, who developed the idea of performative language?

2. In terms of the "I," what is the product of someone's core?

3. Who created a portrait of the "modern individual"?

4. Why do some theorists believe that popular characterizations in novels create bad influences?

5. What is first-person narration?

6. What type of work did Judith Butler pioneer?

7. What is the ultimate goal of literary theory, according to "Chapter 8, Identity, Identification, and the Subject"?

8. How does a rhetorical figure use language in poetry?

9. What is the role of the narrator limited?

10. According to Chapter 5, what is rhetoric?

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