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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Psychoanalysis.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Eagleton, "theory was a way of _______ literary works from the ________of civilised sensibility'"
(a) Emancipating; stranglehold.
(b) Studying; truth.
(c) Dismissing; idea.
(d) Excluding; oppression.

2. According to Eagleton, "the tactic of _________criticism ... is to show how texts come to embarrass their own ruling systems of logic."
(a) Post-structuralist.
(b) Psychoanalytic.
(c) Deconstructive.
(d) Feminist.

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

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

5. For Eagleton, E.D. Hirsch attempts to "offer a form of knowledge" that is what?
(a) Titular.
(b) Temporary.
(c) Timeless.
(d) Telling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who silenced the Russian formalists, according to Eagleton?

2. For E.D. Hirsch, the aim of "policing" an author's meaning is to what, according to Eagleton?

3. According to Sigmund Freud, what distinguishes humans from other animals?

4. From a structuralist perspective, why could literature could no longer claim to be a unique discourse?

5. Eagleton's goal in "Literary Theory: An Introduction" is to provide a comprehensive account of literary theory for whom?

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