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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Introduction: What is Literature?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What person is NOT included in the ranks of Russian formalists?
(a) Viktor Shklovsky.
(b) Boris Tomashevsky.
(c) Roman Jakobson.
(d) Heinrich Wolffin.

2. Eagleton's goal in "Literary Theory: An Introduction" is to provide a comprehensive account of literary theory for whom?
(a) Those who have specialised knowledge of literary theory.
(b) Those with little knowledge of literary theory.
(c) Those with extensive knowledge of literary theory.
(d) Those who have some knowledge of literary theory.

3. According to Eagleton, what kind of age do we live in, where "meaning, like everything else, is expected to be instantly consumable"?
(a) Esoteric.
(b) Modern.
(c) Postmodern.
(d) Traditional.

4. The distinction between fact and fiction in defining literature is what?
(a) Important.
(b) Complicated.
(c) Questionable.
(d) Difficult.

5. What example from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries does Eagleton provide that was not considered purely factual?
(a) Decrees.
(b) Sermons.
(c) Novels.
(d) News.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year did Terry Eagleton's "Literary Theory: An Introduction" first appear?

2. The Russian formalists rejected what kind of doctrines that had influenced literary criticism?

3. According to Eagleton, formalism is the application of what to the study of literature?

4. According to Eagleton, the Russian formalist shifted their attention to the "material reality" of what?

5. According to Eagleton, "Literary Theory: An Introduction" has managed to reach readers beyond __________.

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