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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the literary device that is an over exaggeration of a word or idea?
(a) Theme.
(b) Hyperbole.
(c) Satire.
(d) Tone.

2. According to Culler, what is a classic ideal that appears in many novels?
(a) Truth and justice.
(b) True love.
(c) Understanding of oneself.
(d) A moral lesson.

3. What era defined rhetoric as the study of structuring powers for discussion?
(a) Modern Times.
(b) The Elizabethean Age.
(c) The Renaissance.
(d) The Dark Ages.

4. What presents a story through the use of verbal patterning?
(a) Paragraph.
(b) Theme.
(c) Lyric.
(d) Movement.

5. What era defined rhetoric as "the art of eloquence"?
(a) The Dark Ages.
(b) The Modern Age.
(c) The Industrial Age.
(d) The Renaissance.

6. In Chapter 7, what is a requirement for the believable appearance of literary performatives?
(a) Proper story format.
(b) Publication.
(c) Discussion.
(d) Writing.

7. According to Chapter 6, what is the desired result after conflict within a novel?
(a) Resolution.
(b) A plot twist.
(c) A sudden romance.
(d) More conflict.

8. According to Chapter 6, what do strong characters encourage readers to imagine?
(a) A proper literary form.
(b) How to be better writers.
(c) Other people's lives.
(d) The conclusion of the story.

9. Culler reports that the use of a genre can do what for a reader?
(a) Create expectation.
(b) Limit reading ability.
(c) Falsify facts.
(d) Inspire creativity.

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

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

12. Instead of providing tested solutions, Culler teaches that theory aims to ____________.
(a) Stimulate thought.
(b) Refute these solutions.
(c) Revolutionize literature.
(d) Eliminate shortcomings.

13. According to contemporary theorists, epic poetry has had what type of effect on culture?
(a) Medium impact.
(b) Little impact.
(c) All of these.
(d) Significant impact.

14. Who is Mikhail Bakhtin?
(a) A Roman philospher.
(b) A Russian theorist.
(c) An American writer.
(d) A French theorist.

15. Who asserts that the interpretation of metaphor is often reliant upon another metaphor?
(a) Derrida.
(b) Shakespeare.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Marlowe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do theorists study performance utterances?

2. Who was Nancy Armstrong?

3. What human need, according to Culler, drives the desire to hear the conclusion of a story?

4. Theorists occasionally worry about the impact of literature because narratives can be a trusted source of knowledge or _________.

5. The way the plot is presented is referred to as the ________.

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