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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) Society.
(b) All of these.
(c) Lawmakers.
(d) Students.

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

3. What is the significance of published literature, according to Culler?
(a) It can catapult an author to fame.
(b) A book is declared worthy to read.
(c) A book is paid for.
(d) A book is available for the masses.

4. Based on "What is Theory?" which of the following words can be used to describe theory?
(a) Literal.
(b) Scattered.
(c) None of these.
(d) Unfocused.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Foucault's beliefs, what does society determine?

3. What did Derrida discover in Rousseau's work?

4. According to Chapter 2, when a story is told with non-fiction historical references, it is __________.

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

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