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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. On a grand scale, scholars believe literature to have the capability to speak for __________.
(a) All of these.
(b) Lawmakers.
(c) Society.
(d) Students.

2. What literary form do parts of Robert Burns' poetry imitate?
(a) Sermons.
(b) Folk songs.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Speeches.

3. According to Goethe, "life devoid of passion" is ___________.
(a) Meaningless.
(b) An honor.
(c) Difficult to achieve.
(d) Typical.

4. To what types of topics did Foucault attempt to give historical relevance?
(a) Madness.
(b) Sex.
(c) Punishment.
(d) All of these.

5. Literature as an aesthetic object attempts to encourage the reader to explore a relationship between _____________.
(a) Content and form.
(b) Words and physical placement.
(c) Desire and words.
(d) Form and function.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?

2. How old is modern literature?

3. What part of "The History of Sexuality" bothered Michel Foucault?

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

5. What idea did Rousseau help to develop?

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