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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who defined rhetoric as "the art of persuasion"?
(a) Socrates.
(b) Raphael.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Aristotle.

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

3. According to Culler, if society prefers to invest time in popular culture, how might classical literature be affected?
(a) It will become obsolete.
(b) Writers may stop writing.
(c) It would cost less.
(d) It might go out of print.

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

5. According to the majority of theorists, who has the power to determine what can be known as literature?
(a) Scholars.
(b) Society.
(c) Readers.
(d) Professors.

Short Answer Questions

1. When a novel contains situations that should be intolerable, what are readers prompted to defy?

2. According to Culler, what is a classic ideal that appears in many novels?

3. According to Chapter 2, "What is Literature and Does it Matter?" what makes up the bulk of written work prior to modern literature?

4. In the West, most theorists believe language allows for _____________.

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

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