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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 3, which author continues to stand the test of time?
(a) Ben Jonson.
(b) Dan Brown.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. According to Culler, what do literary theorists work to expose in literature?
(a) Underlying themes.
(b) Inaccuracies.
(c) Bad writing.
(d) Exceptional sentence structure.

3. To what types of topics did Foucault attempt to give historical relevance?
(a) Sex.
(b) Madness.
(c) All of these.
(d) Punishment.

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

5. Culler reports that theory has the ability to undo which of the following?
(a) What is already known.
(b) What is blasphemous.
(c) What is incorrect.
(d) What is offensive.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, what is Hamlet about on a deeper level?

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

3. Why are cultural studies and literary theory not at odds with each other?

4. In Chapter 1, "What is Theory?" Culler defines theory as the opportunity to __________.

5. What is no longer demanded of cultural scholars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What types of writing topics have been used to create literary theory and why?

2. According to theorists, what power does literature hold over society and why?

3. What does literary theory work to uncover, according to Chapter 1?

4. Modern Western literature can be traced back to what group and when?

5. Why did Foucault consider "The History of Sexuality" to be repressed?

6. According to Chapter 2, what style and subject make up literature?

7. According to the Western culture, what does language help to express?

8. Why does Culler believe that Shakespeare has remained widely read and discussed while other writers from that time period have not?

9. According to Chapter 2, why was it significant that many works of English literature allowed the low class worker to surpass the aristocrat?

10. Based on Chapter 1, what is the purpose of the critique that often comes from literary theory?

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