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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, Phenomenology, Hermeneutics, Reception Theory.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Eagleton, formalism is the application of what to the study of literature?
(a) Economics.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Sociology.

2. Eagleton argues that the readership his book has attracted dispels the notion that literary theory is what?
(a) Boring.
(b) Misguided.
(c) Elitist.
(d) Simple.

3. How many decades, according to Eagleton, has there been a "striking proliferation of literary theory" since the publication of the Russian formalist's pioneering essay?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Two.

4. According to Eagleton, what is ironic about those who complain of the difficulty of literary theory?
(a) "That those who complain are often uncivilised and uneducated."
(b) "That those who complain would expect to understand a textbook of biology or chemical engineering."
(c) "That those who complain are often civilised and educated."
(d) "That those who complain would not expect to understand a textbook of biology or chemical engineering."

5. What role does reception theory examine?
(a) The teacher's role.
(b) The critic's role.
(c) The reader's role.
(d) The author's role.

Short Answer Questions

1. What novel by John Updike does Eagleton discuss from the position of reception theory?

2. During the Romantic period, how is literature more than "idle escapism"?

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

4. According to Eagleton, "Literary Theory: An Introduction" has managed to reach readers beyond __________.

5. According to Eagleton, what happens when literary theory becomes "turgidly unreadable"?

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