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

2. For what types of literature has cultural studies gained new attention?
(a) Short form literature.
(b) Literature with cultural issues.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Literature with animal themes.

3. What form of structuralism organizes culture into certain, rule-based practices?
(a) Australian.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) English.

4. Cultural studies aim to demonstrate how people are affected by ___________.
(a) Artistic merit.
(b) The lack of education.
(c) Cultural forces.
(d) The lack of money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on "What is Theory?" which of the following words can be used to describe theory?

2. What has literary theory helped add to the study of classics?

3. What type of study is approached clinically?

4. Focault warned the masses to be wary of _________.

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

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