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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Postcolonial criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the chapter titled Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, structuralism derives ultimately from ________.
(a) Mimesis.
(b) Hermeneutics.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Formalism.

2. According to the narrator in the chapter titled "Feminist Criticism, the "Anglo-American" tradition appeared when?
(a) Early 1990s.
(b) Mid 1980s.
(c) Late 1970s.
(d) Early 1960s.

3. Who wrote the following statement, which is found in the chapter "Postcolonial Criticism": "We cannot easily say that since Mansfield Park is a novel, its affiliations with a particularly sordid history are irrelevant or transcended, not only because it is irresponsible to say that, but because we know too much to say so with bad faith"?
(a) Marx.
(b) Said.
(c) Freud.
(d) Gates.

4. In the chapter titled Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, whose famous remark on philosophy was, "There are no facts, only interpretations"?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Galileo Galilei.

5. Author Peter Barry explains that post-colonial critics reject the claims to universalism made on behalf of canonical _________ literature and seek to show its limitations of outlook.
(a) Western.
(b) Northern.
(c) Eastern.
(d) Southern.

Short Answer Questions

1. From which of Babara Johnson's literary pieces can the following definition of deconstructive reading be found according to author Peter Barry: "Deconstruction is not synonymous with 'destruction.' It is in fact much closer to the original meaning of the word 'analysis,' which etymologically means 'to undo'"?

2. A book in which author Peter Barry claimed to properly inaugurate post-colonial criticism was Edward Said's ________, which was a specific expose of the Eurocentric universalism which took for granted both the superiority of that which was European or Western.

3. Author Peter Barry informs the reader that the feminist literary criticism of today was the direct product of the "women's movement" of the ________.

4. In the chapter titled "Feminist Criticism," which group did author Peter Barry say maintained a major interest in traditional critical concepts like theme, motif, and characterization?

5. The narrator explains that post-structuralism emerged in France in the late ________.

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