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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was appointed Professor at King's College, London in 1840?
(a) Frank McCourt.
(b) Nick Hornby.
(c) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(d) F.D. Maurice.

2. Who argued the fluidity of identity, including sexual identity in their highly influential "Epistemology of the Closet"?
(a) Rock Meyer.
(b) Diana Fuss.
(c) Judith Butler.
(d) Eve Sedgwick.

3. According to the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism, structuralism and post-structuralism originated in what country?
(a) France.
(b) United States.
(c) Russia.
(d) Britain.

4. The chapter "Postmodernism" details that Ezra Pound calls his major work, "The Cantos" a ________.
(a) Misprision.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Praxis.
(d) Rag-bag.

5. In what decade did "postmodernism" become current according to the author?
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1910s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?

2. Peter Barry explains that ________'s most significant thinking was contained in the essays "The Function of Criticism at the Present Time" and "The Study of Poetry."

3. The institutional acceptance of the term "queer" dates to a 1990 conference on "queer theory" at what major university?

4. Who said the following quote found in the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism: "We are told that the study of literature 'cultivates the taste, educates the sympathies and enlarges the mind'"?

5. Author Peter Barry informs the reader that the feminist literary criticism of today was the direct product of the "women's movement" of the ________.

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