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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. Who wrote "Jane Eyre"?
(a) Kate Campion.
(b) Jane Austen.
(c) Charlotte Bronte.
(d) Virginia Wolff.

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

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

4. English literature is known for being ____________.
(a) Inaccurate.
(b) Political.
(c) Sentimental.
(d) Pastoral.

5. Modern Western literature can be traced to ______________.
(a) Russian Scholars.
(b) British Agnostic believers.
(c) French Writers and Artists.
(d) German Romantic theorists.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Culler reports that people in the 19th century believed that the "true nature" of an individual could be found in his ___________.

3. What was Richard Rorty's area of expertise?

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

5. In Chapter 1, "What is Theory?" Culler defines theory as the opportunity to __________.

(see the answer key)

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