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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what types of topics did Foucault attempt to give historical relevance?
(a) Madness.
(b) Punishment.
(c) Sex.
(d) All of these.

2. Culler reports that cultural studies typically focus on the lifestyle of whom?
(a) Famous people.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Ordinary men.
(d) World travelers.

3. Literature, according to Culler, has the ability to do what for ideology?
(a) Praise it.
(b) All of these.
(c) Elevate it.
(d) Destory it.

4. What was the primary theme of "The Sorrows of Young Werther"?
(a) Family feuds.
(b) Lust and jealousy.
(c) Unrequited love.
(d) Money and power.

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

6. Who believed that linguists have the ability to help others speak, read, and understand never seen before words and sentence structures?
(a) Samson McHenry.
(b) Guy Roach.
(c) Noam Chomsky.
(d) Beuford Wether.

7. Modern Western literature can be traced to ______________.
(a) British Agnostic believers.
(b) French Writers and Artists.
(c) Russian Scholars.
(d) German Romantic theorists.

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

9. What form of structuralism organizes culture into certain, rule-based practices?
(a) Australian.
(b) Spanish.
(c) English.
(d) French.

10. By creating a vague story or lead character In literature, Culler suggests that the author hopes to achieve what response from the reader?
(a) All of these.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Projection.

11. Rousseau was concerned that what form of communication could be easily misinterpreted?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Speech and writing.
(c) Speech.
(d) Singing.

12. 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.

13. What has literary theory helped add to the study of classics?
(a) Historical perspective.
(b) Classical theory.
(c) Modern theory.
(d) Metaphoric guidelines.

14. What type of study is approached clinically?
(a) Cultural.
(b) Literary.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Nomanclature.

15. Who is Ferdinand de Saussure?
(a) A German professor.
(b) An American journalist.
(c) A Russian leader.
(d) A Swiss linguist.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 2, what does fiction aim to achieve?

2. What idea did Rousseau help to develop?

3. What form of criticism believes that the understanding of text is contingent upon reader knowledge and experience?

4. Who was Michel Foucault?

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

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