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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, what two introductions to theory sources deal with the problems of teaching or learning theory?
(a) After Theory and The Critical Decade.
(b) The Oval Portrait and The End of English.
(c) The Use of English and The English Review.
(d) Literary Studies in Action and Texts and Contexts.

2. Which of F.R. Leavis's teachings was essentially a syllabus, manageable within a year-long undergraduate course?
(a) Great Expectations.
(b) Great Explorations.
(c) Great Tradition.
(d) Great American Literature.

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

4. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the narrator say was the founder of a method of studying English which is still the norm today?

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

3. The Introduction states that another name for traditional literary criticism is ________.

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

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

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