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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Narrative.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary approach starts with a preconceived notion before offering supporting evidence to payoff that idea?
(a) Hermeneutics.
(b) Poetics.
(c) All of these.
(d) Justification.

2. According to Chapter 5, why is rhythm important to a poem?
(a) It draws in the reader.
(b) It confuses the reader.
(c) It creates mystery.
(d) It repels the reader.

3. Who is the narrator in "What Maisie Knew"?
(a) A young man.
(b) A child, through the eyes of an adult.
(c) A young woman.
(d) An adult, through the eyes of a child.

4. In the West, most theorists believe language allows for _____________.
(a) Intimacy.
(b) Thought expression.
(c) Brotherhood.
(d) Communication.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, from what form of culture is pop culture developed?

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

3. What human need, according to Culler, drives the desire to hear the conclusion of a story?

4. What should appear at the end of a novel according to "Chapter 6, Narrative"?

5. What culture put literary works into only three groups?

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