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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Foucault, what form of communication had power over social ideals?
(a) Literature.
(b) Letters.
(c) Online resources.
(d) The newspaper.

3. According to Chapter 2, "What is Literature and Does it Matter?" what makes up the bulk of written work prior to modern literature?
(a) Letters and sermons.
(b) Sermons.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Letters.

4. According to Foucault's beliefs, what does society determine?
(a) Which ideas are interesting.
(b) All of these.
(c) Which ideas should invoke awe.
(d) Which ideas should be analyzed.

5. Based on "What is Theory?" which of the following words can be used to describe theory?
(a) Scattered.
(b) None of these.
(c) Literal.
(d) Unfocused.

6. What type of literary work is "Jane Eyre"?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Expansive-fiction.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Narrative-fiction.

7. According to Chapter 4, what effect should the words have on the reader?
(a) An emotional response.
(b) All of these.
(c) An effect on imagination.
(d) A subliminal message.

8. For what types of literature has cultural studies gained new attention?
(a) Literature with animal themes.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Short form literature.
(d) Literature with cultural issues.

9. What literary approach starts with a preconceived notion before offering supporting evidence to payoff that idea?
(a) Poetics.
(b) Justification.
(c) Hermeneutics.
(d) All of these.

10. Words are formed due to the conventions of __________.
(a) Literary forms.
(b) A culture.
(c) A pamphlet.
(d) Children.

11. What literary approach begins a work with no preconceived ideas in an effort to discover its meaning?
(a) Poetics.
(b) Translation.
(c) Justification.
(d) Hermeneutics.

12. In "The History of Sexuality," what was used as a blanket term to describe all aspects related to sexuality?
(a) Imagination.
(b) Procreation.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Sex.

13. What is no longer demanded of cultural scholars?
(a) "Tight reading."
(b) "Close reading."
(c) "Slow reading."
(d) "Back reading."

14. Readers often respond emotionally to a particular use of language due to _____________.
(a) Level of education.
(b) Difficulty of text.
(c) Context of the words.
(d) Personal experience.

15. According to Chapter 3, which author continues to stand the test of time?
(a) Shakespeare.
(b) Dan Brown.
(c) Marlowe.
(d) Ben Jonson.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Michel Foucault?

2. Culler suggests that cultural studies attempt to fight against __________.

3. According to Chapter 2, when a story is told with non-fiction historical references, it is __________.

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

5. How old is modern literature?

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