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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is "imaginative" literature or literature that is not necessarily true?
(a) Nonfiction.
(b) Biography.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Memoir.

2. What is the name of the critic from the Constance school of reception aesthetics and the author of "The Act of Reading" who Eagleton discusses at length?
(a) Jean Paul Sartre.
(b) Wolfgang Iser.
(c) Roland Barthes.
(d) Roman Ingarden.

3. For the Romantics, why was their vision of a just society was inverted into a nostalgia for an old and "organic" England?
(a) Because their vision of a just society was a corrupted version of industrial capitalism.
(b) Because they lacked the means of transforming industrial capitalism.
(c) Because they were revolutionaries who were imprisoned in the old system.
(d) Because they refused to give up their privilege as writers in industrial society.

4. What date does Eagleton settle on as the "beginnings of the transformation which has taken over literary theory in this century"?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1917.

5. According to Eagleton, when did the Russian formalists emerge?
(a) During the Russian Revolution.
(b) Before the Bolshevik Revolution.
(c) After WWI.
(d) Before WWII.

6. What "twin impacts" does Eagleton cite in the mid-Victorian period that was particularly worrisome to the ruling class?
(a) Religious ideology and social statis.
(b) Scientific discovery and social change.
(c) Scientific discovery and religious ideology.
(d) Religious ideology and social change.

7. What is the name of the pioneering essay the Russian formalist wrote that is the "beginnings of the transformation which has taken over literary theory in this century"?
(a) Literature as Image.
(b) Film as Thought.
(c) Theory as Practise.
(d) Art as Device.

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

9. According to the Russian critic Roman Jakobson, literature represents "organized ______committed on ordinary _______."
(a) Religion; writing.
(b) Violence; people.
(c) Protest; speech.
(d) Violence; speech.

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

11. 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.

12. According to Eagleton, literature is definable "not according to whether it is fictional or "imaginative," because it uses language in ____ways."
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Pendantic.
(c) Profound.
(d) Peculiar.

13. For E.D. Hirsch, the aim of "policing" an author's meaning is to what, according to Eagleton?
(a) Alter her/his "private property."
(b) Sell her/his "private property."
(c) Protect her/his "private property."
(d) Control her/his "private property."

14. According to Eagleton, why is Hans-Georg Gadamer not concerned about bringing our cultural preconceptions to a literary work?
(a) Because unlike the literary work, the come from tradition.
(b) Because unlike the literary work, they come from modernity.
(c) Because like the literary work, they come from modernity.
(d) Because like the literary work, they come from tradition.

15. Eagleton argues that the readership his book has attracted dispels the notion that literary theory is what?
(a) Boring.
(b) Misguided.
(c) Simple.
(d) Elitist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who silenced the Russian formalists, according to Eagleton?

2. According to Eagleton, why is E.D. Hirsch able to maintain his view that literary meaning is absolute and resistant to historical change?

3. What three sequential stages does Eagleton point out in the development of modern literary theory?

4. Who wrote "What is Literature" on literary reception and was published in 1948?

5. According to Eagleton, "properly understood, literary theory is shaped by a ______impulse rather than an _______one."

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