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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. Culler suggests that cultural studies attempt to fight against __________.
(a) Racism.
(b) Censorship.
(c) Negative trends.
(d) Positive trends.

2. Cultural studies aim to demonstrate how people are affected by ___________.
(a) The lack of money.
(b) Artistic merit.
(c) The lack of education.
(d) Cultural forces.

3. According to Chapter 2, when a story is told with non-fiction historical references, it is __________.
(a) A literary narrative.
(b) A work of literary fiction.
(c) A literary rambling.
(d) Non-literary.

4. What type of literary work is "Jane Eyre"?
(a) Narrative-fiction.
(b) Expansive-fiction.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Non-fiction.

5. According to studies, the majority of film and literature has been created from whose point of view?
(a) The rich.
(b) Women.
(c) The poor.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 1, "What is Theory?" Culler defines theory as the opportunity to __________.

2. What nationality was Rousseau?

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

4. According to Chapter 4, what is a secret message placed within the broader scope of a text?

5. In Chapter 2, what does fiction aim to achieve?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 2, why are the use of words and language so meaningful to literature?

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

5. According to Chapter 4, "Meaning and Interpretation," what does society have to do with the understanding of words?

6. According to the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis, what does language determine?

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

8. Why is theory a difficult subject from which to obtain an absolute, according to Culler?

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

10. According to the Western culture, what does language help to express?

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