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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. All of the following religious believers were not allowed to attend university in England in the nineteenth century except which one?
(a) Atheist.
(b) Jewish.
(c) Anglican.
(d) Catholic.

2. 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?
(a) Morning glory.
(b) Morning love.
(c) Dawn song.
(d) Breaking dawn.

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

4. In the Introduction, what university did author Peter Barry say he attended?
(a) London University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) North Carolina State University.

5. The crucial essay "The Death of the Author" written in 1968 was the "hinge" around which ________ turned from structuralism to post-structuralism.
(a) Barthes.
(b) Eddison.
(c) Joyce.
(d) Johnson.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to the narrator in the Introduction, what two introductions to theory sources deal with the problems of teaching or learning theory?

4. The narrator states that the study of English literature was seen as a kind of substitute for ________.

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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