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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Theory before theory - liberal humanism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ________ was founded on the notion of close reading, according to the narrator.
(a) Social studies.
(b) English studies.
(c) Sociology.
(d) Humanities.

2. Author Peter Barry suggests that the reader uses a useful form of intensive reading known as ________.
(a) NH2P.
(b) NACL2.
(c) H2OO.
(d) SQ3R.

3. 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?
(a) Matthew Arnold.
(b) John Webster.
(c) Thomas Malory.
(d) Edwin Abbott.

4. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the ________ probably saw the high-water mark of literary theory.
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1970s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1990s.

5. The narrator explains that the first prestigious name in English writing about literature was that of ________, who wrote his "Apology for Poetry" in about 1580.
(a) William Blake.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) Sir Philip Sidney.
(d) Archimedes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was appointed Professor at King's College, London in 1840?

2. I.A. Richards pioneered the technique called ________ which was also the title of his book in 1929.

3. What term is used in the Introduction means not politically radical, and hence generally evasive and non-committal on political issues?

4. Who was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?

5. The narrator suggests that liberal humanists believe in ________ as something fixed and constant which great literature expresses.

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