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

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

3. Why do theorists study performance utterances?
(a) To understand Latin phrases.
(b) To question political bias in writing.
(c) To question the realism in words.
(d) To understand whether language acts.

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

5. In Chapter 8, how is the true nature of a character often revealed in literature?
(a) Through personal challenges.
(b) Through family.
(c) Through a dramatic revelation.
(d) Through the past.

Short Answer Questions

1. Culler reports that the use of a genre can do what for a reader?

2. In Chapter 7, what is a requirement for the believable appearance of literary performatives?

3. In literature, what is it called when events take place opposite of expectation?

4. In Chapter 7, performative language phrases are not required to be _____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Chapter 8, in terms of the "I," what do literary theorists debate?

2. According to Chapter 7, who developed the idea of performative language?

3. What extra understanding does performative language allow an audience, according to theorists?

4. What is the function of a narrator within a novel?

5. In terms of the "I," what do literary works offer?

6. How does a rhetorical figure use language in poetry?

7. What is first-person narration?

8. According to Chapter 6, from where does unreliable narration typically come?

9. According to Chapter 5, genre is very important to a reader. Why?

10. What type of work did Judith Butler pioneer?

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