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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Chapter 5, how should poems be read?
(a) By the author.
(b) In sections.
(c) In private.
(d) All at once.
2. Using a word to represent a person, title, group, or similar is the use of __________.
(a) Anthropomorphism.
(b) Bibliomancy.
(c) Trope Metonymy.
(d) Synecdoche.
3. In Culler's opinion, to what is rhetoric related?
(a) Blasphemy.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Exaggeration.
(d) Poetics.
4. When a narrator only knows certain things, what is the narration called?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Omniscient.
(c) Third person.
(d) Productive limited.
5. According to Chapter 7, a declarative statement that promises action can be defined as ________________.
(a) Performative action.
(b) Performative viewpoint.
(c) Performative utterance.
(d) Performative thought.
6. For what type of performative theory was Judith Butler known?
(a) Gender and sexuality.
(b) Political climate.
(c) Religious phrasing.
(d) Roles in the workforce.
7. In literature, what is learned when a character "finds" himself?
(a) Where he is standing.
(b) All of these.
(c) Who he is.
(d) To whom he is related.
8. In relationship to the "I" what does Culler suggest is a constant debate?
(a) What it means.
(b) Where it originates.
(c) If it matters.
(d) Why it is important.
9. According to Culler, what power is given to literature by literary performatives?
(a) The ability to understand the world.
(b) The ability to make the present obsolete.
(c) The ability to change the world.
(d) The ability to cause chaos.
10. When it comes to the "I" created in society, theorists suggest that the "I" is subjected to what influences?
(a) Social.
(b) All of these.
(c) Linguistic.
(d) Sexual.
11. According to contemporary theorists, epic poetry has had what type of effect on culture?
(a) All of these.
(b) Medium impact.
(c) Little impact.
(d) Significant impact.
12. What adjective describes a narrator who knows everything, even thoughts of other characters?
(a) Productive.
(b) Intuitive.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Omniscient.
13. Who believed that performative language could be humorous?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Austin.
(c) Shakespeare.
(d) Roe.
14. Instead of providing tested solutions, Culler teaches that theory aims to ____________.
(a) Stimulate thought.
(b) Revolutionize literature.
(c) Refute these solutions.
(d) Eliminate shortcomings.
15. When did J.L. Austin define the distinction between the various forms of utterance?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1400s.
(c) The 1870s.
(d) The 1950s.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Culler, what is a classic ideal that appears in many novels?
2. According to theorists, being lumped into a group identity poses what risk to an individual?
3. What should a novel be according to Mikhail Bakhtin?
4. Who defined rhetoric as "the art of persuasion"?
5. According to Chapter 8, what is the debate surrounding the "I" on a personal level?
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