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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 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'"?
(a) Oscar Wilde.
(b) Edward Freeman.
(c) Elie Wiesel.
(d) Lewis Carroll.

2. All of the following religious believers were not allowed to attend university in England in the nineteenth century except which one?
(a) Catholic.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Atheist.
(d) Anglican.

3. ________ was probably the most influential figure in twentieth-century British criticism according to author Peter Barry.
(a) Douglas Adams.
(b) Edward Jablonski.
(c) F.R. Leavis.
(d) Patrick Tilley.

4. What does Peter Barry say is the topic of the book Beginning Theory?
(a) Modern theory.
(b) English studies.
(c) Historical theory.
(d) Literary theory.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Who was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?

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 narrator explains that the first prestigious name in English writing about literature was that of ________, who wrote his "Apology for Poetry" in about 1580.

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

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