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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Post-structuralism and deconstruction.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. ________ was probably the most influential figure in twentieth-century British criticism according to author Peter Barry.
(a) Edward Jablonski.
(b) Patrick Tilley.
(c) Douglas Adams.
(d) F.R. Leavis.

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

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

5. Who was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?
(a) Plato.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Sigmund Freud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the term used in the Introduction that is defined as the science of signs?

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

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

4. Who does the narrator say was the founder of a method of studying English which is still the norm today?

5. What was another name for the semic code found within the chapter titled Structuralism?

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