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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Performative Language.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who believed that performative language could be humorous?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Austin.
(c) Aristotle.
(d) Roe.

2. Cultural studies aim to demonstrate how people are affected by ___________.
(a) The lack of money.
(b) Cultural forces.
(c) The lack of education.
(d) Artistic merit.

3. According to contemporary theorists, epic poetry has had what type of effect on culture?
(a) All of these.
(b) Little impact.
(c) Medium impact.
(d) Significant impact.

4. Who said "the child is father to the man"?
(a) Yeats.
(b) Wordsworth.
(c) Cummings.
(d) Wilkes.

5. Examining the time period prior to modern literature, in what fashion are these works of fiction analyzed for literary theory?
(a) Written analysis.
(b) Both written and verbal analysis.
(c) They are not analyzed.
(d) Verbal analysis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the literary device that substitutes a part for the whole or vice versa?

2. According to Culler, when it comes to performative language, what is required to give a word or a phrase weight?

3. What idea did Rousseau help to develop?

4. In Chapter 7, what is a requirement for the believable appearance of literary performatives?

5. What did Derrida discover in Rousseau's work?

(see the answer key)

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