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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, Rhetoric, Poetics, and Poetry.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Thanks to cultural studies, the literary canon has succeeded in _____________.
(a) All of these.
(b) Attracting new readers.
(c) Bringing in timely literature.
(d) Growing.

2. What has literary theory helped add to the study of classics?
(a) Classical theory.
(b) Historical perspective.
(c) Modern theory.
(d) Metaphoric guidelines.

3. Who is Ferdinand de Saussure?
(a) An American journalist.
(b) A German professor.
(c) A Swiss linguist.
(d) A Russian leader.

4. To what types of topics did Foucault attempt to give historical relevance?
(a) Madness.
(b) All of these.
(c) Sex.
(d) Punishment.

5. Culler reports that some scholars are worried that isolation for readers may become __________.
(a) Too intelligent.
(b) Wealthy.
(c) Disengaged.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of literary theory tries to bring back voices from the past in an effort to create lost history?

2. What did Derrida discover in Rousseau's work?

3. What form of structuralism organizes culture into certain, rule-based practices?

4. What has literary theory tried to do for the classics?

5. According to Chapter 4, what effect should the words have on the reader?

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