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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 was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?
(a) Sigmund Freud.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Sophocles.
(d) Plato.

2. 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?
(a) Edwin Abbott.
(b) John Webster.
(c) Thomas Malory.
(d) Matthew Arnold.

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

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.
(a) William Blake.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) Archimedes.
(d) Sir Philip Sidney.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the chapter titled Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism, structuralism and post-structuralism originated in what country?

2. The narrator suggests that liberal humanists believe in ________ as something fixed and constant which great literature expresses.

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

4. Who presented I.A. Richard with the manuscript of the book which was published in 1930 with the title Seven Types of Ambiguity?

5. 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'"?

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