Literary Theory: An Introduction Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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Literary Theory: An Introduction Quiz | Eight Week Quiz C

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Rise of the English.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What genre of writing does Eagleton provide that is an example of writing that is NOT considered to be literature?
(a) Young Adult.
(b) Science fiction.
(c) Comics.
(d) Romance.

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. Who is the key figure in the Victorian period Eagleton cites as "preternaturally aware of the needs of his social class"?
(a) Percy Shelley.
(b) George Gordon.
(c) Matthew Arnold.
(d) William Morris.

4. Eagleton argues that reading literature in a new critical way was a recipe for what?
(a) Political consciousness.
(b) Political inertia.
(c) Political ambition.
(d) Political progress.

5. For the economist Eagleton discusses, "those economists who dislike theory or claimed to get along better without it" were what?
(a) Didn't understand the importance of theory.
(b) In the grip of the most current theory.
(c) Had no knowledge of any theory.
(d) In the grip of an older theory.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Eagleton, what does his book try to demonstrate about a body of literary theory?

2. According to Eagleton, the formalists were not out to define literature but they were out to define what?

3. What is "imaginative" literature or literature that is not necessarily true?

4. During the 1960s, what kind of students began to enter higher education that broke down assumptions about literary studies?

5. What example from the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries does Eagleton provide that was not considered purely factual?

(see the answer key)

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