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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 Peter Barry, where does post-structuralism ultimately derive from?
(a) Physics.
(b) Pyschology.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Zoology.

2. The Introduction states that another name for traditional literary criticism is ________.
(a) Liberal humanism.
(b) Conservative humanism.
(c) Independant humanism.
(d) Modern humanism.

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

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

5. The narrator informs the reader that in the early 1980s, two new forms of political/historical criticism emerged, new historicism from ________ and cultural materialism from ________.
(a) Britain / Russia.
(b) France / Germany.
(c) The United States / Britain.
(d) Russia / the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom does Peter Barry credit for being the first person and anthropologist to use structuralism in their work?

2. The narrator states that the study of English literature was seen as a kind of substitute for ________.

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

4. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the term "liberal humanism" became current in what decade?

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

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