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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 Culler, what do many novels teach about heartache?
(a) It is fleeting.
(b) It is part of life.
(c) It is the end of life.
(d) It is not common.

2. The use of what literary device requires the combination of language and imagination?
(a) Foreshadowing.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Verb.
(d) Hyperbole.

3. When it comes to the "I" created in society, theorists suggest that the "I" is subjected to what influences?
(a) Linguistic.
(b) Sexual.
(c) All of these.
(d) Social.

4. According to Culler, what attracts readers to a character?
(a) All of these.
(b) Interest in their struggles.
(c) A desire to learn from him.
(d) Empathy.

5. Who is Mikhail Bakhtin?
(a) A Russian theorist.
(b) A French theorist.
(c) An American writer.
(d) A Roman philospher.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to contemporary theorists, epic poetry has had what type of effect on culture?

2. When did J.L. Austin define the distinction between the various forms of utterance?

3. What presents a story through the use of verbal patterning?

4. According to Chapter 8, what is the product of a subject's inner core?

5. Using a word to represent a person, title, group, or similar is the use of __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What type of work did Judith Butler pioneer?

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

4. In terms of the "I," what is the product of someone's core?

5. According to Chapter 6, "Narrative," why is narrative appealing to readers?

6. According to Culler, how is rhetoric defined today?

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

8. Who believed that performative language had to be serious in order to set a standard?

9. What is the occasional confusion that results from the use of metaphor?

10. What is the ultimate goal of literary theory, according to "Chapter 8, Identity, Identification, and the Subject"?

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