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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 study is approached clinically?
(a) Cultural.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Nomanclature.
(d) Literary.

2. What era defined rhetoric as the study of structuring powers for discussion?
(a) Modern Times.
(b) The Elizabethean Age.
(c) The Dark Ages.
(d) The Renaissance.

3. According to Goethe, "life devoid of passion" is ___________.
(a) An honor.
(b) Meaningless.
(c) Difficult to achieve.
(d) Typical.

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

5. In Chapter 2, it is suggested that British literature worked to do what among the classes?
(a) Create a divide.
(b) Instill a stronger sense of class.
(c) Create harmony.
(d) Invoke shame.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "the child is father to the man"?

2. Poetry has the capability to influence what in its reader, according to Culler?

3. Culler reports that cultural studies typically focus on the lifestyle of whom?

4. According to Culler, poetry's imagery has the power of ____________.

5. What type of lyric is used in sublime poetry?

(see the answer key)

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