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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, What Is Literature and Does It Matter?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Goethe, "life devoid of passion" is ___________.
(a) Meaningless.
(b) An honor.
(c) Difficult to achieve.
(d) Typical.

2. According to Chapter 1, what does literary theory often critique?
(a) Proven facts.
(b) Common sense ideas.
(c) Words of the wealthy.
(d) Unnecessary documentation.

3. What did Derrida discover in Rousseau's work?
(a) Russian phrases.
(b) Absolutes.
(c) Mystical images.
(d) Many structures.

4. Literature, according to Culler, has the ability to do what for ideology?
(a) All of these.
(b) Destory it.
(c) Elevate it.
(d) Praise it.

5. Based on "What is Theory?" which of the following words can be used to describe theory?
(a) Scattered.
(b) Unfocused.
(c) Literal.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What literary form do parts of Robert Burns' poetry imitate?

2. According to Chapter 2, literature must contain ____________ in order to qualify as literature.

3. What part of "The History of Sexuality" bothered Michel Foucault?

4. In terms of reading a literary work, Culler believes publication places what burden on a reader?

5. According to the majority of theorists, who has the power to determine what can be known as literature?

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