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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. The narrator suggests that liberal humanists believe in ________ as something fixed and constant which great literature expresses.
(a) Idealism.
(b) Horizon of expectation.
(c) Diegesis.
(d) Human nature.

2. Author Peter Barry suggests that the reader uses a useful form of intensive reading known as ________.
(a) SQ3R.
(b) H2OO.
(c) NACL2.
(d) NH2P.

3. Who presented I.A. Richard with the manuscript of the book which was published in 1930 with the title Seven Types of Ambiguity?
(a) Kurt Vonnegut.
(b) George Zebrowski.
(c) Wilfred Owen.
(d) William Empson.

4. 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.

5. Which of the following best fits the definition of a discipline which has always been inherently confident about the possibility of establishing objective knowledge?
(a) Linguistics.
(b) Formalism.
(c) Mimesis.
(d) Hermeneutics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What term does the narrator explain was a popular term in deconstructive criticism and literally means an impasse?

3. Who was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?

4. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the term "liberal humanism" became current in what decade?

5. 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.

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