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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What form of literary theory tries to bring back voices from the past in an effort to create lost history?
(a) Lennon.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Marxist.
(d) Republican.

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

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

4. In English literature, many lead characters were written in order to inspire ______________.
(a) Empathy.
(b) Aspiration.
(c) Nostalgia.
(d) Sequels.

5. Culler reports that theory has the ability to undo which of the following?
(a) What is incorrect.
(b) What is already known.
(c) What is blasphemous.
(d) What is offensive.

6. What has literary theory tried to do for the classics?
(a) Make them into movies.
(b) Insult them.
(c) Save them.
(d) Censor them.

7. In Chapter 3, "Literature and Cultural Studies," what does the production of literature drive in society?
(a) The teachers.
(b) The readers.
(c) The culture.
(d) The church.

8. What, according to Culler, is unique about cultural studies?
(a) Its dual nature.
(b) Its global acceptance.
(c) The disrespect for literature.
(d) The absence of fact.

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

10. Culler reports that some scholars are worried that isolation for readers may become __________.
(a) Too intelligent.
(b) Disengaged.
(c) Angry.
(d) Wealthy.

11. According to Ferdinand de Saussure, the elements of language become unique based on their _________.
(a) Similarity to other elements.
(b) Contrast against other elements.
(c) Popularity among speakers.
(d) Function.

12. What theory analyzes the relationship between mass culture and popular culture?
(a) French socialism theory.
(b) Russian Lennon theory.
(c) European Marxist theory.
(d) American English.

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

14. According to Chapter 4, what is Hamlet about on a deeper level?
(a) The collapse of Elizabethan England.
(b) The downfall of Rome.
(c) The greed of lineage.
(d) Family betrayal.

15. Who was Michel Foucault?
(a) A Russian doctor who loved literature.
(b) A Spanish immigrant professor.
(c) A French intellectual historian.
(d) A Swiss banker who knew poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Foucault, what form of communication had power over social ideals?

2. In terms of reading a literary work, Culler believes publication places what burden on a reader?

3. Interpellation studies the effect of ______________ in shaping an individual's actions.

4. According to Chapter 2, literature must contain ____________ in order to qualify as literature.

5. Thanks to cultural studies, the literary canon has succeeded in _____________.

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