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Preface

1. What year did Terry Eagleton's "Literary Theory: An Introduction" first appear?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1943.

2. According to Eagleton, what does his book try to demonstrate about a body of literary theory?
(a) That there is no body of literary theory that springs from or is applicable to literature alone.
(b) That there are several bodies of literary theory that spring from and is applicable to literature alone.
(c) That there is sometimes a body of literary theory that springs from and is applicable to literature alone.
(d) That there is one body of literary theory that springs from and is applicable to literature alone.

3. According to Eagleton, the approaches outlined in his book have implications where?
(a) Well beyond literature.
(b) Well beyond feeling.
(c) Well beyond language.
(d) Well beyond politics.

4. According to Eagleton, "Literary Theory: An Introduction" has managed to reach readers beyond __________.
(a) Literature.
(b) Students.
(c) Historians.
(d) Academia.

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