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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Post-structuralism and deconstruction.

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) French.
(b) English.
(c) Spanish.
(d) German.

2. What term suggests a range of negative attributes, such as "non-Marxist" and "non-feminist," and "non-theoretical"?
(a) Humanism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Dialogism.
(d) Modernism.

3. From which of Babara Johnson's literary pieces can the following definition of deconstructive reading be found according to author Peter Barry: "Deconstruction is not synonymous with 'destruction.' It is in fact much closer to the original meaning of the word 'analysis,' which etymologically means 'to undo'"?
(a) The Critical Difference.
(b) Of Grammatology.
(c) Trustee from the Toolroom.
(d) The Age of Innocence.

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

5. In the chapter titled Structuralism, the narrator explains that ________ applied the structuralism method to the general field of modern culture.
(a) Roland Barthes.
(b) Edgar Allan Poe.
(c) Isaac Newton.
(d) Friedrich Nietzsche.

Short Answer Questions

1. David Lodge, Professor of English at Birmingham, combined the ideas of structuralism with more traditional approaches in which one of his books?

2. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the ________ probably saw the high-water mark of literary theory.

3. According to the chapter titled Structuralism, what is another term for "alba," the poetic form dating from the twelfth century in which lovers lament the approach of daybreak?

4. What was the name of the American literature lecturer mentioned in the Introduction who died in January of 1995?

5. According to Peter Barry in the chapter titled Structuralism, the novel "Middlemarch" is an example of a literary ________.

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