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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Chapter 4, what is a secret message placed within the broader scope of a text?
(a) Creative message.
(b) Subliminal message.
(c) Hidden message.
(d) False message.

2. Culler reports that some scholars are worried that isolation for readers may become __________.
(a) Wealthy.
(b) Disengaged.
(c) Too intelligent.
(d) Angry.

3. According to Chapter 2, which of the examples below cannot be considered literature?
(a) Instructional manuals.
(b) All of these.
(c) The phone book.
(d) Private journals.

4. In "The History of Sexuality," what was used as a blanket term to describe all aspects related to sexuality?
(a) Procreation.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Sex.
(d) Imagination.

5. Interpellation studies the effect of ______________ in shaping an individual's actions.
(a) Being abused.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Being pigeonholed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Words are formed due to the conventions of __________.

2. According to Foucault, what form of communication had power over social ideals?

3. How old is modern literature?

4. What has literary theory tried to do for the classics?

5. According to Chapter 4, what is Hamlet about on a surface level?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does pop culture change the relevance of classical literature?

2. Why is publishing considered a stamp of approval on a literary work?

3. According to Noam Chomsky, linguists help raise the quality of language for what purpose?

4. Why is there concern that cultural study may surpass literary theory?

5. According to Chapter 4, what does "reader-response" criticism depend upon?

6. Compare the approach used by theorists when analyzing cultural studies versus literary theory.

7. According to Chapter 3, how have cultural studies expanded the literary canon?

8. According to Chapter 2, what style and subject make up literature?

9. What is the goal of cultural studies?

10. Theorists believe it is important to challenge ideas presented in literature for what reason?

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