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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In literature, what is learned when a character "finds" himself?
(a) All of these.
(b) To whom he is related.
(c) Who he is.
(d) Where he is standing.

3. What form of narration tells a story from an "I" point of view?
(a) Second Person.
(b) First-person.
(c) Third Person.
(d) Omniscient.

4. Who was Judith Butler?
(a) A famous French speaker.
(b) An American philospher.
(c) A Harvard professor.
(d) A published fiction writer.

5. According to Culler, what do literary works offer their readers?
(a) Detailed plans on how to revolt.
(b) Models of identity.
(c) None of these.
(d) Appropriate names.

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

7. What is the literary device that substitutes a part for the whole or vice versa?
(a) Synecdoche.
(b) Amplification.
(c) Spoonerism.
(d) Doppleganger.

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

9. According to Chapter 7, why can the study of utterances be confusing?
(a) Utterances are typically in code.
(b) None of these.
(c) Utterances are not quantifiable.
(d) Utterances can be similar.

10. Who defined rhetoric as "the art of persuasion"?
(a) Raphael.
(b) Aristotle.
(c) Michelangelo.
(d) Socrates.

11. Culler suggests that the occasional confusion that results from the use of metaphor is due to __________.
(a) The lyricism of the phrase.
(b) Repeat metaphors.
(c) A literal interpretation.
(d) The invention of new words.

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

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

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

15. According to theorists, being lumped into a group identity poses what risk to an individual?
(a) Lack of originality.
(b) A struggle to overcome stereotypes.
(c) Lost individuality.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 7, a declarative statement that promises action can be defined as ________________.

2. What culture put literary works into only three groups?

3. Who is not a character in third-person narration?

4. According to Culler, what is a classic ideal that appears in many novels?

5. What type of poetry allows the reader to listen in on the narrator's thoughts?

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