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

2. What was Richard Rorty's area of expertise?
(a) Literature.
(b) Science.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Math.

3. In what century did Rousseau write?
(a) 18th century.
(b) 17th century.
(c) 12th century.
(d) 19th century.

4. Some scholars fear that literature could inspire _____________.
(a) Rebellion.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Change.
(d) All of these.

5. According to Foucault's beliefs, what does society determine?
(a) All of these.
(b) Which ideas are interesting.
(c) Which ideas should invoke awe.
(d) Which ideas should be analyzed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the primary theme of "The Sorrows of Young Werther"?

3. In Chapter 2, it is suggested that British literature worked to do what among the classes?

4. What is the significance of published literature, according to Culler?

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

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