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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did J.L. Austin define the distinction between the various forms of utterance?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1400s.
(c) The 1870s.
(d) The 1920s.

2. The use of what literary device requires the combination of language and imagination?
(a) Metaphor.
(b) Foreshadowing.
(c) Hyperbole.
(d) Verb.

3. According to Culler, what do many novels teach about heartache?
(a) It is the end of life.
(b) It is part of life.
(c) It is fleeting.
(d) It is not common.

4. In Culler's opinion, to what is rhetoric related?
(a) Blasphemy.
(b) Poetics.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Exaggeration.

5. In Chapter 7, performative language phrases are not required to be _____________.
(a) None of these.
(b) Popular.
(c) Interesting.
(d) Intra-dependent.

6. What is accomplished by literary performatives, according to Culler?
(a) They educate theorists.
(b) All of these.
(c) They present various concepts.
(d) They create a state of affairs.

7. 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.

8. According to Culler, what power is given to literature by literary performatives?
(a) The ability to cause chaos.
(b) The ability to understand the world.
(c) The ability to make the present obsolete.
(d) The ability to change the world.

9. When a novel contains situations that should be intolerable, what are readers prompted to defy?
(a) Personal convictions.
(b) Reading.
(c) Authority.
(d) Social injustice.

10. According to Culler, theory demands a promise to keep ____________.
(a) Asking questions.
(b) Thinking.
(c) All of these.
(d) Reading.

11. Who said "the child is father to the man"?
(a) Wordsworth.
(b) Wilkes.
(c) Cummings.
(d) Yeats.

12. What human need, according to Culler, drives the desire to hear the conclusion of a story?
(a) The need for knowledge and understanding.
(b) The need for resolution.
(c) The need for love.
(d) The need for conflict.

13. According to Culler, poetry's imagery has the power of ____________.
(a) Judgment.
(b) Support from scholars.
(c) Persuasion.
(d) Literary advancement.

14. In the 20th century, what is the most popular form of literature, according to Culler?
(a) Non-fiction.
(b) Novels.
(c) Plays.
(d) Poetry.

15. According to Culler, when it comes to performative language, words create their own __________.
(a) Legacy for a situation.
(b) Plot and story function.
(c) Humorous take on humanity.
(d) Reality.

Short Answer Questions

1. What adjective describes a narrator who knows everything, even thoughts of other characters?

2. In Chapter 8, what forms of entertainment encourage feelings and virtue?

3. According to Culler, when it comes to performative language, what is required to give a word or a phrase weight?

4. According to Culler, what attracts readers to a character?

5. What is a typical theme in literature?

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