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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Literature and Cultural Studies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality was Rousseau?
(a) British.
(b) French.
(c) African.
(d) Russian.

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

3. In Chapter 3, "Literature and Cultural Studies," what does the production of literature drive in society?
(a) The culture.
(b) The church.
(c) The teachers.
(d) The readers.

4. What did Derrida discover in Rousseau's work?
(a) Mystical images.
(b) Many structures.
(c) Absolutes.
(d) Russian phrases.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Culler reports that some scholars are worried that isolation for readers may become __________.

2. According to Chapter 2, literature must contain ____________ in order to qualify as literature.

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

4. According to Chapter 2, when a story is told with non-fiction historical references, it is __________.

5. What was the primary theme of "The Sorrows of Young Werther"?

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