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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. What type of poetry allows the reader to listen in on the narrator's thoughts?
(a) Nursery rhymes.
(b) None of these.
(c) Lyric poetry.
(d) Limericks.

2. What literary form do parts of Robert Burns' poetry imitate?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Sermons.
(c) Folk songs.
(d) Speeches.

3. Interpretation is important in language because it can affect ______________.
(a) Who wrote the text.
(b) Its prestige.
(c) The meaning of a text.
(d) Who will buy the text.

4. According to Chapter 5, how should poems be read?
(a) In private.
(b) In sections.
(c) All at once.
(d) By the author.

5. What is the term given to literature that is routinely studied in schools and universities?
(a) Rhetoric.
(b) Literary canon.
(c) Lesson plan.
(d) Formulaic literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary device that is an over exaggeration of a word or idea?

2. What part of "The History of Sexuality" bothered Michel Foucault?

3. According to Culler, what is rhetoric?

4. What theory analyzes the relationship between mass culture and popular culture?

5. What literary approach begins a work with no preconceived ideas in an effort to discover its meaning?

(see the answer key)

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