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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 adjective describes a narrator who knows everything, even thoughts of other characters?
(a) Intelligent.
(b) Productive.
(c) Omniscient.
(d) Intuitive.

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) Creativity.
(b) Projection.
(c) Frustration.
(d) All of these.

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

4. Many theorists believe that understanding the meaning of words in a text is ___________.
(a) All of these.
(b) Complex.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Elusive.

5. According to Chapter 6, what type of narrator do readers most trust?
(a) An unbiased narrator.
(b) An educated narrator.
(c) An honest narrator.
(d) A well-known narrator.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In literature, what is it called when events take place opposite of expectation?

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

4. According to the majority of theorists, who has the power to determine what can be known as literature?

5. What is no longer demanded of cultural scholars?

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