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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Narrative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In order to understand language as a system, what must a linguist examine regarding its meaning and form?
(a) Surface explanations.
(b) Social vocal patterns.
(c) Underlying conventions.
(d) The limits of vocabulary.

2. According to Chapter 2, "What is Literature and Does it Matter?" what makes up the bulk of written work prior to modern literature?
(a) Letters and sermons.
(b) Sermons.
(c) Letters.
(d) Prayers.

3. When a narrator only knows certain things, what is the narration called?
(a) Productive limited.
(b) Third person limited.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Third person.

4. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?
(a) The phone book.
(b) Private journals.
(c) Instructional manuals.
(d) All of these.

5. What literary approach begins a work with no preconceived ideas in an effort to discover its meaning?
(a) Hermeneutics.
(b) Poetics.
(c) Justification.
(d) Translation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of published literature, according to Culler?

2. According to Chapter 6, what type of narrator do readers most trust?

3. Readers often respond emotionally to a particular use of language due to _____________.

4. In the West, most theorists believe language allows for _____________.

5. According to Chapter 4, how many specific elements do theorists analyze when considering a word in the text?

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