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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 8, what is the product of a subject's inner core?
(a) The natural individual.
(b) The core individual.
(c) The false individual.
(d) The select individual.

2. According to Chapter 6, what is the result of a great narrative?
(a) Opening the mind.
(b) Creating empathy.
(c) Encouraging spirituality.
(d) Making money.

3. Culler suggests that performative language aids is the understanding of ______________.
(a) Conflict.
(b) Resolution.
(c) Discourse.
(d) Silence.

4. Why do theorists study performance utterances?
(a) To understand whether language acts.
(b) To understand Latin phrases.
(c) To question the realism in words.
(d) To question political bias in writing.

5. According to Nancy Armstrong, what is a product of 18th century novels?
(a) The strong man.
(b) The frazzled student.
(c) The modern individual.
(d) The angry woman.

6. When it comes to the "I" created in society, theorists suggest that the "I" is subjected to what influences?
(a) Linguistic.
(b) Social.
(c) All of these.
(d) Sexual.

7. According to Chapter 6, what is the purpose of withholding information from a reader?
(a) To frustrate the reader.
(b) To build suspense.
(c) To appear intelligent.
(d) To confuse the reader.

8. Who is not a character in third-person narration?
(a) The antagonist.
(b) The protagonist.
(c) The family members.
(d) The narrator.

9. Who was against the ideas that performative language could be humorous?
(a) Derrida.
(b) Steinam.
(c) Hemingway.
(d) Aristotle.

10. Theorists occasionally worry about the impact of literature because narratives can be a trusted source of knowledge or _________.
(a) Fakeness.
(b) Miseducation.
(c) Distortion.
(d) All of these.

11. In Chapter 8, what forms of entertainment encourage feelings and virtue?
(a) Literature.
(b) Film.
(c) All of these.
(d) Television.

12. According to Culler, when it comes to performative language, what is required to give a word or a phrase weight?
(a) Repeatability.
(b) Syllable count.
(c) Spelling.
(d) Origin.

13. According to Chapter 5, why is rhythm important to a poem?
(a) It repels the reader.
(b) It draws in the reader.
(c) It confuses the reader.
(d) It creates mystery.

14. Who was J.L. Austin?
(a) A British philosopher.
(b) An American linguist.
(c) A French linguist.
(d) A Russian speaker.

15. In Chapter 8, how is the true nature of a character often revealed in literature?
(a) Through the past.
(b) Through family.
(c) Through a dramatic revelation.
(d) Through personal challenges.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to Chapter 5, what is the goal in using a metaphor?

3. According to Chapter 6, what do readers seem to enjoy in narratives?

4. Who is the narrator in "What Maisie Knew"?

5. What era defined rhetoric as "the art of eloquence"?

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