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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. English literature is known for being ____________.
(a) Pastoral.
(b) Inaccurate.
(c) Political.
(d) Sentimental.

2. Poetry has the capability to influence what in its reader, according to Culler?
(a) Intense sorrow.
(b) All of these.
(c) Overwhelming empathy.
(d) Great joy.

3. Theorists occasionally worry about the impact of literature because narratives can be a trusted source of knowledge or _________.
(a) Miseducation.
(b) Distortion.
(c) Fakeness.
(d) All of these.

4. Who is Mikhail Bakhtin?
(a) An American writer.
(b) A Roman philospher.
(c) A Russian theorist.
(d) A French theorist.

5. According to Chapter 4, how many specific elements do theorists analyze when considering a word in the text?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Zero.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ferdinand de Saussure, the elements of language become unique based on their _________.

2. Who said "the child is father to the man"?

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

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

5. What era defined rhetoric as the study of structuring powers for discussion?

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