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

2. In Chapter 8, what forms of entertainment encourage feelings and virtue?
(a) Film.
(b) Literature.
(c) Television.
(d) All of these.

3. According to Chapter 2, literature must contain ____________ in order to qualify as literature.
(a) Words with a deeper meaning.
(b) Social reform.
(c) Biblical references.
(d) Proper sentence structure.

4. According to Chapter 3, what creates tension within cultural studies?
(a) Ambiguous results.
(b) Educators prefer to read without coaching.
(c) Two different approaches.
(d) Writers are against it.

5. In literature, what is it called when events take place opposite of expectation?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Flashback.
(c) Point of view.
(d) Irony.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, what effect should the words have on the reader?

2. In relationship to the "I" what does Culler suggest is a constant debate?

3. In Culler's opinion, to what is rhetoric related?

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

5. According to Chapter 5, what is the goal in using a metaphor?

(see the answer key)

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