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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. English literature is known for being ____________.
(a) Sentimental.
(b) Inaccurate.
(c) Political.
(d) Pastoral.

2. According to Culler, what do the authors of classical literature often hide within their words?
(a) A deeper meaning.
(b) Political views.
(c) Numeric codes.
(d) Hints of rebellion.

3. Literature as an aesthetic object attempts to encourage the reader to explore a relationship between _____________.
(a) Content and form.
(b) Words and physical placement.
(c) Desire and words.
(d) Form and function.

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

5. Focault warned the masses to be wary of _________.
(a) Starving artists.
(b) Words as gospel.
(c) Reading as a hobby.
(d) Poets as prophets.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What idea did Rousseau help to develop?

3. What did Derrida discover in Rousseau's work?

4. Examining the time period prior to modern literature, in what fashion are these works of fiction analyzed for literary theory?

5. What is the purpose of literary theory, according to "What is Theory?"

Short Essay Questions

1. What factors determine what will be read by a particular society?

2. When was literature used in Britain to control the masses?

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

4. What do theorists mean when they say that a reader is limited by his "horizon of expectations"?

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

6. According to Culler, what do most literary works resemble?

7. What was the theme of Goethe's work as discussed in "Chapter 1, What is Theory"?

8. In Chapter 3, what are the two topics on which cultural studies and literary theory attempt to compromise?

9. In what way do word conventions vary globally?

10. What does literary theory work to uncover, according to Chapter 1?

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