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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. David Lodge, Professor of English at Birmingham, combined the ideas of structuralism with more traditional approaches in which one of his books?
(a) Working with Structuralism.
(b) Transforming Structuralism.
(c) Beyond Structuralism.
(d) Beginning Structuralism.

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) Of Grammatology.
(b) The Age of Innocence.
(c) Trustee from the Toolroom.
(d) The Critical Difference.

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

4. Who was credited as being a key figure in the development of modern approaches to language study in the chapter titled Structuralism?
(a) Thomas de Quincey.
(b) Saki.
(c) Ferdinand de Saussure.
(d) Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

5. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Shelley are authors of what form of writing, according to the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism?
(a) Mystery fiction writers.
(b) Romantic poets.
(c) Science-fiction writers.
(d) Investigative journalists.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the Introduction, what university did author Peter Barry say he attended?

4. What does the narrator say the reader will have the most difficulty as the result of what?

5. The notion of the ________, posited by Levi-Strauss, denoting the minimal units of narrative "sense," is formed on the analogy of the morpheme, which, in linguistics, is the ________ unit of grammatical sense.

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