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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 is used in the Introduction means not politically radical, and hence generally evasive and non-committal on political issues?
(a) Conservative.
(b) Liberal.
(c) Socialists.
(d) Communists.

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

3. According to the narrator in the chapter "Psychoanalytic Criticism," who did Sigmund Freud link the situation of Hamlet in the play to?
(a) God.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Oedipus.

4. Who was the first critic to develop a "reader-centered" approach to literature?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Sophocles.
(c) Sigmund Freud.
(d) Plato.

5. The narrator states that the study of English literature was seen as a kind of substitute for ________.
(a) Social studies.
(b) History.
(c) Science.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. All of the following religious believers were not allowed to attend university in England in the nineteenth century except which one?

2. The chapter titled "Postmodernism" states the term "postmodernism" was used in the 1930s, but its current sense and vogue can be said to have begun with ________'s "The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge."

3. According to Peter Barry, where does post-structuralism ultimately derive from?

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

5. In the chapter titled "Feminist Criticism," which group did author Peter Barry say maintained a major interest in traditional critical concepts like theme, motif, and characterization?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain F.D. Maurice's opinions of literature as detailed in the chapter "Theory Before Theory--Liberal Humanism."

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

3. Why was Freudian interpretation interesting to literary critics?

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

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

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

7. What are some of the important characteristics of the literary modernism practice?

8. What is the purpose of displacement and condensation?

9. In the first half of the twentieth century, who, according to Barry, were the critical names in British literary theory? Who were at Cambridge University in the 1920s and 1930s?

10. Discuss how J.A. Cuddon describes postmodernism in his "Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory."

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