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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 Chapter 2, what does fiction aim to achieve?
(a) A fictional relationship with God.
(b) An accurate portrayal of emotions.
(c) A fictional relationship with the world.
(d) A true account of historical moments.

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

3. What type of literary work is "Jane Eyre"?
(a) Fiction.
(b) Non-fiction.
(c) Expansive-fiction.
(d) Narrative-fiction.

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

5. Culler reports that theory has the ability to undo which of the following?
(a) What is blasphemous.
(b) What is offensive.
(c) What is incorrect.
(d) What is already known.

Short Answer Questions

1. Literature as an aesthetic object attempts to encourage the reader to explore a relationship between _____________.

2. What literary form do parts of Robert Burns' poetry imitate?

3. Culler explains the nature of discourse on theory as _________.

4. According to Chapter 2, literature must contain ____________ in order to qualify as literature.

5. According to Chapter 2, "What is Literature and Does it Matter?" what makes up the bulk of written work prior to modern literature?

(see the answer key)

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