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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Post-structuralism and deconstruction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Peter Barry in the chapter titled "Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction," post-structuralist critics seek to show that the text is characterized by ________ rather than unity.
(a) Genre.
(b) Indeterminacy.
(c) Disunity.
(d) Discourse.

2. In the Introduction, what university did author Peter Barry say he attended?
(a) Harvard University.
(b) London University.
(c) North Carolina State University.
(d) Yale University.

3. What language does the narrator describe as being a Romance language that takes most of its words directly from Latin, and lacks the reassuring Anglo-Saxon layer of vocabulary?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) German.
(d) Spanish.

4. What was the name of the American literature lecturer mentioned in the Introduction who died in January of 1995?
(a) Eric Mottram.
(b) Samuel Jackson.
(c) Edward Hardy.
(d) Charles Devine.

5. Who was appointed Professor at King's College, London in 1840?
(a) Frank McCourt.
(b) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(c) Nick Hornby.
(d) F.D. Maurice.

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. The chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism states that the conventional reading of the origins of the subject of English is that this kind of thinking begins with who?

3. The Introduction states that another name for traditional literary criticism is ________.

4. What does the narrator say the reader will have the most difficulty as the result of what?

5. What example did Saussure use to explain what he meant by saying that there are no intrinsic, fixed meanings in language?

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