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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 term does the narrator explain was a popular term in deconstructive criticism and literally means an impasse?
(a) Imagism.
(b) Parole.
(c) Aporia.
(d) Langue.

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

3. Who does the narrator say was the founder of a method of studying English which is still the norm today?
(a) I.A. Richards.
(b) Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(c) Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
(d) T.S. Eliot.

4. The narrator explains that post-structuralism emerged in France in the late ________.
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1990s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1970s.

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

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. Which of the following best fits the definition of a discipline which has always been inherently confident about the possibility of establishing objective knowledge?

4. In the chapter titled Structuralism, the narrator explains that ________ applied the structuralism method to the general field of modern culture.

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

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