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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. According to Chapter 1, what does literary theory often critique?
(a) Proven facts.
(b) Words of the wealthy.
(c) Unnecessary documentation.
(d) Common sense ideas.

2. Who was Michel Foucault?
(a) A French intellectual historian.
(b) A Spanish immigrant professor.
(c) A Swiss banker who knew poetry.
(d) A Russian doctor who loved literature.

3. English literature is known for being ____________.
(a) Sentimental.
(b) Political.
(c) Inaccurate.
(d) Pastoral.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the majority of theorists, who has the power to determine what can be known as literature?

2. What type of literary work is "Jane Eyre"?

3. What nationality was Rousseau?

4. Culler reports that theory has the ability to undo which of the following?

5. What is the absolute, end result of theory, as expressed in Chapter 1, "What is Theory?"

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