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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Rhetoric, Poetics, and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asserts that the interpretation of metaphor is often reliant upon another metaphor?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Marlowe.
(c) Derrida.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. English literature is known for being ____________.
(a) Inaccurate.
(b) Political.
(c) Sentimental.
(d) Pastoral.

3. Who believed that linguists have the ability to help others speak, read, and understand never seen before words and sentence structures?
(a) Guy Roach.
(b) Samson McHenry.
(c) Noam Chomsky.
(d) Beuford Wether.

4. What presents a story through the use of verbal patterning?
(a) Movement.
(b) Lyric.
(c) Paragraph.
(d) Theme.

5. In Chapter 2, what does fiction aim to achieve?
(a) An accurate portrayal of emotions.
(b) A fictional relationship with the world.
(c) A true account of historical moments.
(d) A fictional relationship with God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of criticism believes that the understanding of text is contingent upon reader knowledge and experience?

2. What, according to Culler, is unique about cultural studies?

3. Culler reports that theory has the ability to undo which of the following?

4. Who is Ferdinand de Saussure?

5. According to Foucault, what form of communication had power over social ideals?

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