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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Psychoanalytic criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom does Peter Barry credit for being the first person and anthropologist to use structuralism in their work?
(a) Alfred Tennyson.
(b) W.B. Yeats.
(c) Claude Levi-Strauss.
(d) F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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

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

5. Who wrote the following statement on the mythologized misrepresentation of the United States and Disneyland: "All its [the USA's] values are exalted here, in miniature and comic-strip form. Embalmed and pacified"?
(a) Burke.
(b) Browning.
(c) Butler.
(d) Brooker.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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'"?

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

4. What was another name for the semic code found within the chapter titled Structuralism?

5. The narrator reveals that the modern period began with the ________.

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