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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 Chapter 5, what is the goal in using a metaphor?
(a) To confuse with whimsy.
(b) To make the reader think.
(c) To outrage the reader.
(d) To invoke emotion.

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

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

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

6. What type of poetry allows the reader to listen in on the narrator's thoughts?
(a) None of these.
(b) Lyric poetry.
(c) Nursery rhymes.
(d) Limericks.

7. The way the plot is presented is referred to as the ________.
(a) Revelation.
(b) Discourse.
(c) Grand finale.
(d) Denouement.

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

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

10. What should appear at the end of a novel according to "Chapter 6, Narrative"?
(a) A tie-in to the beginning.
(b) A reference to the narrator.
(c) A metaphor for love.
(d) Acknowledgments.

11. For what type of performative theory was Judith Butler known?
(a) Political climate.
(b) Roles in the workforce.
(c) Religious phrasing.
(d) Gender and sexuality.

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

13. What type of performance describes a state of affairs that can be proven to be accurate or inaccurate?
(a) Rushing.
(b) Constative.
(c) Advanced.
(d) Dismissive.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a novel contains situations that should be intolerable, what are readers prompted to defy?

2. In Chapter 8, how is the true nature of a character often revealed in literature?

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

4. Instead of providing tested solutions, Culler teaches that theory aims to ____________.

5. According to Chapter 8, what is the debate surrounding the "I" on a personal level?

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