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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The crucial essay "The Death of the Author" written in 1968 was the "hinge" around which ________ turned from structuralism to post-structuralism.
(a) Barthes.
(b) Joyce.
(c) Eddison.
(d) Johnson.

2. 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'"?
(a) The Critical Difference.
(b) The Age of Innocence.
(c) Of Grammatology.
(d) Trustee from the Toolroom.

3. The chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism states that the conventional reading of the origins of the subject of English is that this kind of thinking begins with who?
(a) Edwin Abbott.
(b) Thomas Malory.
(c) John Webster.
(d) Matthew Arnold.

4. What is the name given to the movement that dominates the arts and culture of the first half of the twentieth century?
(a) Modernism.
(b) Feminism.
(c) Structuralism.
(d) Historicism.

5. In Julia Kristeva's essay "The System and the Speaking Subject," the ________ aspect is associated with authority, order, fathers, repression, and control.
(a) Imaginary.
(b) Semiotic.
(c) Symbolic.
(d) Natural.

Short Answer Questions

1. The chapter "Feminist Criticism" suggests that feminist criticism became much more ________, meaning that it began to draw upon the findings and approaches of other kinds of criticism.

2. According to the chapter titled Post-Structuralism and Deconstruction, structuralism derives ultimately from ________.

3. Lesbian theory that broke away from feminism and made new allegiances, in particular, with gay men rather than with other women is called "queer theory" or ________.

4. Who argued the fluidity of identity, including sexual identity in their highly influential "Epistemology of the Closet"?

5. Which of the following best fits the definition of a discipline which has always been inherently confident about the possibility of establishing objective knowledge?

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