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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. Thanks to cultural studies, what has happened to many previously discarded works?
(a) They were revamped.
(b) They were rediscovered.
(c) All of these.
(d) They were debated in schools.

2. In English literature, many lead characters were written in order to inspire ______________.
(a) Aspiration.
(b) Sequels.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Nostalgia.

3. Culler reports that cultural studies typically focus on the lifestyle of whom?
(a) Famous people.
(b) Ordinary men.
(c) World travelers.
(d) Scholars.

4. The use of what literary device requires the combination of language and imagination?
(a) Verb.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Foreshadowing.

5. Literature, according to Culler, has the ability to do what for ideology?
(a) All of these.
(b) Destory it.
(c) Praise it.
(d) Elevate it.

Short Answer Questions

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 According to Chapter 2, when a story is told with non-fiction historical references, it is __________.

2. Who was Michel Foucault?

3. According to Chapter 7, a declarative statement that promises action can be defined as ________________.

4. Who wrote "Jane Eyre"?

5. Thanks to cultural studies, the literary canon has succeeded in _____________.

(see the answer key)

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