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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Theory before theory - liberal humanism.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator explains that the first prestigious name in English writing about literature was that of ________, who wrote his "Apology for Poetry" in about 1580.
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) William Blake.
(d) Sir Philip Sidney.

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

3. 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?
(a) French.
(b) German.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

4. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the ________ probably saw the high-water mark of literary theory.
(a) 1990s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

5. Which of F.R. Leavis's teachings was essentially a syllabus, manageable within a year-long undergraduate course?
(a) Great Tradition.
(b) Great Explorations.
(c) Great American Literature.
(d) Great Expectations.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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."

2. What term suggests a range of negative attributes, such as "non-Marxist" and "non-feminist," and "non-theoretical"?

3. Wordsworth, Coleridge, Keats, and Shelley are authors of what form of writing, according to the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism?

4. The chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism states that the conventional reading of the origins of the subject of English is that this kind of thinking begins with who?

5. The narrator explains in the Introduction that the emphasis on practice means that this is what form of book?

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