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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. Who does the narrator say was the founder of a method of studying English which is still the norm today?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) I.A. Richards.
(c) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(d) Samuel Langhorne Clemens.

2. What term suggests a range of negative attributes, such as "non-Marxist" and "non-feminist," and "non-theoretical"?
(a) Absurdism.
(b) Humanism.
(c) Dialogism.
(d) Modernism.

3. What term is used in the Introduction means not politically radical, and hence generally evasive and non-committal on political issues?
(a) Socialists.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Communists.
(d) Conservative.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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'"?

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

3. 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."

4. According to the narrator in the Introduction, what two introductions to theory sources deal with the problems of teaching or learning theory?

5. Author Peter Barry suggests that the reader uses a useful form of intensive reading known as ________.

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