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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. What theory believes that language limits the ability to think?
(a) Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
(b) Sisley-Spear formula.
(c) Johnson-Kater results.
(d) Morton-Gran conjecture.

2. What is the significance of published literature, according to Culler?
(a) A book is declared worthy to read.
(b) A book is available for the masses.
(c) It can catapult an author to fame.
(d) A book is paid for.

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

4. Culler reports that people in the 19th century believed that the "true nature" of an individual could be found in his ___________.
(a) History.
(b) Sex.
(c) Lineage.
(d) DNA.

5. What form of criticism believes that the understanding of text is contingent upon reader knowledge and experience?
(a) Reader-awareness.
(b) Reader-response.
(c) Journal-revision.
(d) Writer-response.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 3, "Literature and Cultural Studies," what does the production of literature drive in society?

2. Theory rarely results in __________, according to Culler.

3. According to Foucault's beliefs, what does society determine?

4. According to Chapter 4, what is Hamlet about on a deeper level?

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

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