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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Lesbian/gay criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following people broke away from feminism and made new allegiances, in particular, with gay men rather than with other women?
(a) Bonnie Zimmerman.
(b) Paulina Palmer.
(c) Muriel Spark.
(d) Anne Koedt.

2. 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 Anglo-Americans.
(b) The African Americans.
(c) The Native Americans.
(d) The American Indians.

3. All of the following religious believers were not allowed to attend university in England in the nineteenth century except which one?
(a) Anglican.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Catholic.
(d) Atheist.

4. The narrator states that the study of English literature was seen as a kind of substitute for ________.
(a) History.
(b) Religion.
(c) Science.
(d) Social studies.

5. In the chapter titled Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, whose famous remark on philosophy was, "There are no facts, only interpretations"?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald.
(b) Galileo Galilei.
(c) Nietzsche.
(d) Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of Martin Taylor's poems that Mark Lilly used in his straight-forward essay that surveyed the range of First World War poetry?

3. 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'"?

4. 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.

5. Who does the narrator describe as a prominent contributor to "Inside/Outside," who pointed out that "identity categories," like "gay" and "straight," "tend to be instruments of regulatory regimes"?

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