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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Identity, Identification, and the Subject.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Instead of providing tested solutions, Culler teaches that theory aims to ____________.
(a) Refute these solutions.
(b) Stimulate thought.
(c) Eliminate shortcomings.
(d) Revolutionize literature.

2. In Chapter 2, what does fiction aim to achieve?
(a) A fictional relationship with the world.
(b) A true account of historical moments.
(c) A fictional relationship with God.
(d) An accurate portrayal of emotions.

3. Who said "the child is father to the man"?
(a) Cummings.
(b) Yeats.
(c) Wilkes.
(d) Wordsworth.

4. Who was against the ideas that performative language could be humorous?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Derrida.
(c) Steinam.
(d) Hemingway.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ferdinand de Saussure?

2. The way the plot is presented is referred to as the ________.

3. Rousseau was concerned that what form of communication could be easily misinterpreted?

4. Culler reports that the use of a genre can do what for a reader?

5. According to Goethe, "life devoid of passion" is ___________.

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