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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Structuralism and Semiotics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What person is NOT included in the ranks of Russian formalists?
(a) Roman Jakobson.
(b) Viktor Shklovsky.
(c) Boris Tomashevsky.
(d) Heinrich Wolffin.

2. During the Romantic period, how is literature more than "idle escapism"?
(a) It is the celebration of totalarian values enforced in English society.
(b) It is the rejection of creative values celebrated in English society.
(c) It is the affirmation of creative values expunged from English society.
(d) It is the acceptance of totalarian values rejected in English society.

3. Who was Husserl's most famous pupil who broke with his system of thought?
(a) Martin Heidegger.
(b) Hannah Arendt.
(c) Ayn Rand.
(d) Walter Benjamin.

4. According to Eagleton, structuralism has proved that there is nothing _____ about codes.
(a) Evaluative.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Innocent.
(d) Progressive.

5. According to Eagleton, structuralism is a ________of inquiry whereas semiotics is a ______ of study.
(a) Type; manner.
(b) Field; type.
(c) Method; field.
(d) Manner; field.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "twin impacts" does Eagleton cite in the mid-Victorian period that was particularly worrisome to the ruling class?

2. For Eagleton, hostility toward theory means what?

3. According to Eagleton, what idea is "truly elitist" in literary studies?

4. Literary texts are code-productive, code-transgressive, and code_____.

5. According to Eagleton, Gibbon and the authors of Genesis share what in common?

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