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

2. Theory rarely results in __________, according to Culler.
(a) A strong guess.
(b) A good theory.
(c) A definitive answer.
(d) A close estimation.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What non-fiction literary device does "Jane Eyre" mimic?

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

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

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

5. In Chapter 1, "What is Theory?" Culler defines theory as the opportunity to __________.

(see the answer key)

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