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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Language, Meaning and Interpretation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Culler reports that some scholars are worried that isolation for readers may become __________.
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Too intelligent.
(c) Disengaged.
(d) Angry.

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

3. What non-fiction literary device does "Jane Eyre" mimic?
(a) An autobiography.
(b) A diary.
(c) A biography.
(d) An article.

4. According to studies, the majority of film and literature has been created from whose point of view?
(a) Men.
(b) The rich.
(c) The poor.
(d) Women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Michel Foucault?

2. According to Chapter 4, what is Hamlet about on a deeper level?

3. In what century did Rousseau write?

4. What form of literary theory tries to bring back voices from the past in an effort to create lost history?

5. According to Culler, what do the authors of classical literature often hide within their words?

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