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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion, Political Criticism.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Sigmund Freud, what is the process by which human beings cope with desires they cannot fulfill by directing them towards a more socially valued goal?
(a) Repression.
(b) Idealization.
(c) Sublimation.
(d) Transference.

3. What genre of writing does Eagleton provide that is an example of writing that is NOT considered to be literature?
(a) Science fiction.
(b) Romance.
(c) Comics.
(d) Young Adult.

4. According to Sigmund Freud, what distinguishes humans from other animals?
(a) We mature early and die later.
(b) We are born helpless and dependent.
(c) We experience pain.
(d) We have unfulfilled desires.

5. The German philosopher Edmund Husserl argued that objects can be regarded as things ______ by consciousness.
(a) Intended.
(b) Understood.
(c) Realized.
(d) Evaluated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sigmund Freud call the first stage of sexual life?

2. What are the three points Eagleton notes about the method of structuralism?

3. What role does reception theory examine?

4. According to Eagleton, what is the "point" of literary theory?

5. According to Eagleton, the sentence "this is awfully squiggly handwriting" from Knut Hamsun's "Hunger" tells him its literary because of what reason?

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