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

2. The narrator states that the study of English literature was seen as a kind of substitute for ________.
(a) Social studies.
(b) Science.
(c) Religion.
(d) History.

3. The Introduction states that ________, like novelists, are dauntingly plentiful.
(a) Romanticists.
(b) Poets.
(c) Theorists.
(d) Journalists.

4. ________ was founded on the notion of close reading, according to the narrator.
(a) Humanities.
(b) Social studies.
(c) English studies.
(d) Sociology.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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?

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

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

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