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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. What type of study is approached clinically?
(a) Literary.
(b) Nomanclature.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Cultural.

2. Why are cultural studies and literary theory not at odds with each other?
(a) They are static.
(b) They are from two different genres.
(c) They were invented by the same person.
(d) They stem from the same philosophy.

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

4. Interpellation studies the effect of ______________ in shaping an individual's actions.
(a) Being abused.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Being pigeonholed.
(d) Poverty.

5. Focault warned the masses to be wary of _________.
(a) Poets as prophets.
(b) Starving artists.
(c) Words as gospel.
(d) Reading as a hobby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What has literary theory tried to do for the classics?

2. According to Goethe, "life devoid of passion" is ___________.

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

4. Who was Michel Foucault?

5. According to Culler, if society prefers to invest time in popular culture, how might classical literature be affected?

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