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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Postcolonial criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the chapter titled Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, structuralism derives ultimately from ________.
(a) Formalism.
(b) Mimesis.
(c) Hermeneutics.
(d) Linguistics.

2. The thesis that the language is "masculine" was developed by ________ in the early 1980s in her book "Man Made Language," which also argues that language is not a neutral medium.
(a) Iris Murdoch.
(b) Laurell K. Hamilton.
(c) Dale Spender.
(d) Evelyn Waugh.

3. W.B. Yeats was a member of the ________ ruling class in ________, according to the narrator in the chapter titled "Postcolonial Criticism."
(a) Protestant / Ireland.
(b) Amish / Sweden.
(c) Jewish / Poland.
(d) Aethist / America.

4. Author Peter Barry informs the reader that the feminist literary criticism of today was the direct product of the "women's movement" of the ________.
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1910s.
(d) 1930s.

5. In the chapter titled "Feminist Criticism," which group did author Peter Barry say maintained a major interest in traditional critical concepts like theme, motif, and characterization?
(a) The Native Americans.
(b) The African Americans.
(c) The American Indians.
(d) The Anglo-Americans.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Peter Barry, where does post-structuralism ultimately derive from?

2. The crucial essay "The Death of the Author" written in 1968 was the "hinge" around which ________ turned from structuralism to post-structuralism.

3. According to Plato, "a state of language anterior to the Word" is called ________.

4. What term does the narrator explain was a popular term in deconstructive criticism and literally means an impasse?

5. From which of Babara Johnson's literary pieces can the following definition of deconstructive reading be found according to author Peter Barry: "Deconstruction is not synonymous with 'destruction.' It is in fact much closer to the original meaning of the word 'analysis,' which etymologically means 'to undo'"?

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