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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What term suggests a range of negative attributes, such as "non-Marxist" and "non-feminist," and "non-theoretical"?
(a) Modernism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Dialogism.
(d) Humanism.

3. Who was appointed Professor at King's College, London in 1840?
(a) J.R.R. Tolkien.
(b) F.D. Maurice.
(c) Nick Hornby.
(d) Frank McCourt.

4. According to the narrator in the Introduction, the term "liberal humanism" became current in what decade?
(a) 1920s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1910s.

5. What does Peter Barry say was the earliest work of theory written by Aristotle?
(a) Generation of Animals.
(b) Poetics.
(c) Politics.
(d) Metaphysics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Introduction, what university did author Peter Barry say he attended?

2. Peter Barry examines Sigmund Freud's book ________, which in the chapter "Psychoanalytic Criticism" Barry claims is one of Freud's most enjoyable and accessible publications.

3. The Introduction states that ________, like novelists, are dauntingly plentiful.

4. Barry states in the chapter titled "Feminist Criticism" that the British "socialist feminist" tradition produced its key works in the ________.

5. The narrator explains that post-structuralism emerged in France in the late ________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what author Peter Barry means when he says the frame of mind he would recommend his readers is threefold.

2. Do liberal humanists use the term "human nature"? Explain.

3. What are the three particular areas that are debated and disagreed upon when it comes to feminist criticism?

4. Briefly explain what post-structuralist critics do.

5. Compare post-colonialism to postmodernism as discussed in the chapter "Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism."

6. Why was the representation of women in literature felt to be one of the most important forms of socialization?

7. What is the most basic difference between liberal humanist and structuralist reading?

8. In which way is post-structuralism more fundamental than structuralism?

9. What are the five (5) codes identified by Barthes in S/Z? Explain.

10. Explain how literary theory, after Sir Phillip Sydney, was significantly advanced in the eighteenth century.

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