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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. Culler suggests that cultural studies attempt to fight against __________.
(a) Censorship.
(b) Positive trends.
(c) Negative trends.
(d) Racism.

2. Based on "What is Theory?" which of the following words can be used to describe theory?
(a) Unfocused.
(b) Scattered.
(c) None of these.
(d) Literal.

3. What presents a story through the use of verbal patterning?
(a) Paragraph.
(b) Theme.
(c) Lyric.
(d) Movement.

4. In Chapter 1, "What is Theory?" Culler defines theory as the opportunity to __________.
(a) Speculate.
(b) All of these.
(c) Wonder.
(d) Guess.

5. What is the literary device that substitutes a part for the whole or vice versa?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Doppleganger.
(c) Spoonerism.
(d) Amplification.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 3, what creates tension within cultural studies?

2. What type of poetry allows the reader to listen in on the narrator's thoughts?

3. What type of literary work is "Jane Eyre"?

4. Theory rarely results in __________, according to Culler.

5. According to Foucault's beliefs, what does society determine?

(see the answer key)

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