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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, Rise of the English.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was glad to abandon the "feminine vagaries of literature" in favor of penning war propaganda?
(a) Walter Raleigh.
(b) Matthew Arnold.
(c) George Gordon.
(d) Lord Byron.

2. For the economist Eagleton discusses, "those economists who dislike theory or claimed to get along better without it" were what?
(a) Had no knowledge of any theory.
(b) In the grip of an older theory.
(c) Didn't understand the importance of theory.
(d) In the grip of the most current theory.

3. According to Eagleton, literature is definable "not according to whether it is fictional or "imaginative," because it uses language in ____ways."
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Peculiar.
(c) Pendantic.
(d) Profound.

4. For Eagleton, how did the romantics usher a "forestalling of reasoned critical enquiry"?
(a) Because the text was regarded as a reflection of society that you either saw or didn't see.
(b) Because the word was seen as a refleciton of religious truths that you either saw or didn't see.
(c) Because the symbol was regarded as an absolute spiritual truth that you either saw or didn't see.
(d) Because the image was seen as material reality that you saw immediately.

5. According to Eagleton, what idea is "truly elitist" in literary studies?
(a) "The idea that works of literature can only be appreciated by those with a particular sort of cultural breeding."
(b) "The idea that literature can only be understood by writers of literature."
(c) "The idea that literature is the only way to understand a particular culture."
(d) "The idea that literature should not be read by those without a higher degree."

Short Answer Questions

1. What word does Eagleton discuss that is both a descriptive term to mean "literally untrue" as well as an evaluative term to mean "visionary" or "inventive"?

2. According to Eagleton, the "very meaning of _______, ________ and _________ has undergone deep alteration."

3. According to Eagleton, what kind of age do we live in, where "meaning, like everything else, is expected to be instantly consumable"?

4. Eagleton argues that if literature includes much factual writing, it also excludes "quite a lot of" what?

5. According to Eagleton, the formalists were not out to define literature but they were out to define what?

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