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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. According to the chapter titled Structuralism, what is another term for "alba," the poetic form dating from the twelfth century in which lovers lament the approach of daybreak?
(a) Morning glory.
(b) Morning love.
(c) Dawn song.
(d) Breaking dawn.

2. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the term "liberal humanism" became current in what decade?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1930s.

3. What was the name of the American literature lecturer mentioned in the Introduction who died in January of 1995?
(a) Samuel Jackson.
(b) Edward Hardy.
(c) Eric Mottram.
(d) Charles Devine.

4. I.A. Richards pioneered the technique called ________ which was also the title of his book in 1929.
(a) Reception Theory.
(b) Allegorical Interpretation.
(c) Sociological Criticism.
(d) Practical Criticism.

5. In the chapter titled Structuralism, the narrator explains that ________ applied the structuralism method to the general field of modern culture.
(a) Isaac Newton.
(b) Roland Barthes.
(c) Edgar Allan Poe.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language does the narrator describe as being a Romance language that takes most of its words directly from Latin, and lacks the reassuring Anglo-Saxon layer of vocabulary?

3. Who was appointed Professor at King's College, London in 1840?

4. All of the following religious believers were not allowed to attend university in England in the nineteenth century except which one?

5. 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'"?

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