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

2. 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) Elie Wiesel.
(b) Edward Freeman.
(c) Lewis Carroll.
(d) Oscar Wilde.

3. What does Peter Barry say was the earliest work of theory written by Aristotle?
(a) Metaphysics.
(b) Generation of Animals.
(c) Politics.
(d) Poetics.

4. The narrator explains in the Introduction that the emphasis on practice means that this is what form of book?
(a) Manuscript.
(b) Work book.
(c) Missal.
(d) E-book.

5. What was the term used in the Introduction that is defined as the science of signs?
(a) Logocentrism.
(b) Mimesis.
(c) Phenomenology.
(d) Semiotics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ________ was founded on the notion of close reading, according to the narrator.

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

4. 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 ________.

5. Who was appointed Professor at King's College, London in 1840?

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