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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Literature and Cultural Studies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is modern literature?
(a) Fifty years.
(b) Two centuries.
(c) One century.
(d) Two decades.

2. By creating a vague story or lead character In literature, Culler suggests that the author hopes to achieve what response from the reader?
(a) Projection.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Creativity.
(d) All of these.

3. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?
(a) All of these.
(b) The phone book.
(c) Private journals.
(d) Instructional manuals.

4. Who created the theory of interpellation?
(a) Shane Montgomery.
(b) Louis Althusser.
(c) Jacques Bouvois.
(d) Jacob Traventhorn.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For what types of literature has cultural studies gained new attention?

2. Culler suggests that cultural studies attempt to fight against __________.

3. What was Richard Rorty's area of expertise?

4. What idea did Rousseau help to develop?

5. What form of structuralism organizes culture into certain, rule-based practices?

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