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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, What Is Literature and Does It Matter?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In terms of reading a literary work, Culler believes publication places what burden on a reader?
(a) Buying it.
(b) Sharing it with friends.
(c) Reading it.
(d) Understanding it.

2. In Chapter 1, "What is Theory?" Culler defines theory as the opportunity to __________.
(a) Guess.
(b) All of these.
(c) Speculate.
(d) Wonder.

3. How old is modern literature?
(a) Two centuries.
(b) Fifty years.
(c) Two decades.
(d) One century.

4. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?
(a) The phone book.
(b) Private journals.
(c) All of these.
(d) Instructional manuals.

5. Rousseau was concerned that what form of communication could be easily misinterpreted?
(a) Singing.
(b) Speech and writing.
(c) Speech.
(d) Gossip.

Short Answer Questions

1. Literature, according to Culler, has the ability to do what for ideology?

2. Modern Western literature can be traced to ______________.

3. According to Chapter 1, what does literary theory often critique?

4. To what types of topics did Foucault attempt to give historical relevance?

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 According to Chapter 2, when a story is told with non-fiction historical references, it is __________.

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