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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. What part of "The History of Sexuality" bothered Michel Foucault?
(a) Its graphic delivery.
(b) Its inaccurate information.
(c) Its repressive delivery.
(d) Its focus on the female.

2. What is the literary device that is an over exaggeration of a word or idea?
(a) Hyperbole.
(b) Theme.
(c) Satire.
(d) Tone.

3. What form of narration tells a story from an "I" point of view?
(a) Omniscient.
(b) First-person.
(c) Third Person.
(d) Second Person.

4. Who believed that linguists have the ability to help others speak, read, and understand never seen before words and sentence structures?
(a) Guy Roach.
(b) Beuford Wether.
(c) Samson McHenry.
(d) Noam Chomsky.

5. According to Chapter 7, why can the study of utterances be confusing?
(a) Utterances can be similar.
(b) None of these.
(c) Utterances are typically in code.
(d) Utterances are not quantifiable.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 6, what do strong characters encourage readers to imagine?

2. According to Chapter 5, how should poems be read?

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

4. In "The History of Sexuality," what was used as a blanket term to describe all aspects related to sexuality?

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

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