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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the chapter titled Structuralism, the narrator explains that ________ applied the structuralism method to the general field of modern culture.
(a) Roland Barthes.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Friedrich Nietzsche.
(d) Isaac Newton.

2. 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'"?
(a) The Critical Difference.
(b) Trustee from the Toolroom.
(c) Of Grammatology.
(d) The Age of Innocence.

3. Who said the following quote found in the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism: "We are told that the study of literature 'cultivates the taste, educates the sympathies and enlarges the mind'"?
(a) Elie Wiesel.
(b) Edward Freeman.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Lewis Carroll.

4. The chapter "Postmodernism" details that Ezra Pound calls his major work, "The Cantos" a ________.
(a) Praxis.
(b) Misprision.
(c) Rag-bag.
(d) Paradox.

5. In the chapter titled Structuralism, Saussure used the terms ________ and ________ to signify language as a system or structure on the one hand, and any given utterance in that language on the other.
(a) Logocentrism / margin.
(b) Paradigm / paradigmatic.
(c) Langue / parole.
(d) Humanism / icon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did "postmodernism" become current according to the author?

2. According to the chapter titled Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, structuralism derives ultimately from ________.

3. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Shelley are authors of what form of writing, according to the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism?

4. The chapter "Psychoanalytic Criticism" states that ________ is the notion that sexuality begins not at puberty, with physical maturing, but in infancy, especially through the infant's relationship with the mother.

5. All of the following authors were considered some of the literary "high priests" of the modernist movement according to the narrator in the chapter titled "Postmodernism," except for which one?

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