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

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

3. What was another name for the semic code found within the chapter titled Structuralism?
(a) Tel Quel group.
(b) Syntax.
(c) Connotative code.
(d) Universals.

4. What was the name of the American literature lecturer mentioned in the Introduction who died in January of 1995?
(a) Edward Hardy.
(b) Eric Mottram.
(c) Samuel Jackson.
(d) Charles Devine.

5. ________ was founded on the notion of close reading, according to the narrator.
(a) Sociology.
(b) English studies.
(c) Social studies.
(d) Humanities.

Short Answer Questions

1. ________ is defined as a discipline which has always tended to emphasize the difficulty of achieving secure knowledge about things.

2. The narrator informs the reader that in the early 1980s, two new forms of political/historical criticism emerged, new historicism from ________ and cultural materialism from ________.

3. In the chapter titled Structuralism, Saussure used the terms ________ and ________ to signify language as a system or structure on the one hand, and any given utterance in that language on the other.

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

5. ________ is defined as the meanings of words according to Saussure.

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