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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What idea did Rousseau help to develop?
(a) The benefits of marriage.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Individuality.
(d) Financial awareness.

2. In what century did Rousseau write?
(a) 12th century.
(b) 19th century.
(c) 17th century.
(d) 18th century.

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

4. What is the purpose of literary theory, according to "What is Theory?"
(a) To reflect on ideas.
(b) To prove writing wrong.
(c) To transcend ignorant readers.
(d) To tame the masses.

5. What is the term given to literature that is routinely studied in schools and universities?
(a) Formulaic literature.
(b) Lesson plan.
(c) Rhetoric.
(d) Literary canon.

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

7. Thanks to cultural studies, the literary canon has succeeded in _____________.
(a) Attracting new readers.
(b) Bringing in timely literature.
(c) All of these.
(d) Growing.

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

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

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

11. Who wrote "Jane Eyre"?
(a) Kate Campion.
(b) Virginia Wolff.
(c) Charlotte Bronte.
(d) Jane Austen.

12. Interpellation studies the effect of ______________ in shaping an individual's actions.
(a) Wealth.
(b) Being abused.
(c) Being pigeonholed.
(d) Poverty.

13. In Chapter 2, it is suggested that British literature worked to do what among the classes?
(a) Create harmony.
(b) Instill a stronger sense of class.
(c) Invoke shame.
(d) Create a divide.

14. Why are cultural studies and literary theory not at odds with each other?
(a) They stem from the same philosophy.
(b) They are from two different genres.
(c) They were invented by the same person.
(d) They are static.

15. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?
(a) The phone book.
(b) Private journals.
(c) Instructional manuals.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Derrida discover in Rousseau's work?

2. How old is modern literature?

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

4. What is the goal of cultural studies, according to Chapter 3?

5. Words are formed due to the conventions of __________.

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