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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. Poetry has the capability to influence what in its reader, according to Culler?
(a) All of these.
(b) Overwhelming empathy.
(c) Great joy.
(d) Intense sorrow.

2. According to Chapter 5, why is rhythm important to a poem?
(a) It repels the reader.
(b) It creates mystery.
(c) It draws in the reader.
(d) It confuses the reader.

3. According to Chapter 6, what is the desired result after conflict within a novel?
(a) A plot twist.
(b) A sudden romance.
(c) Resolution.
(d) More conflict.

4. According to some theorists, what idea was created by literature?
(a) Being in love.
(b) Creating a family unit.
(c) Living by one's conscience.
(d) Acknowledging one's significance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In relationship to the "I" what does Culler suggest is a constant debate?

2. What adjective describes a narrator who knows everything, even thoughts of other characters?

3. Who asserts that the interpretation of metaphor is often reliant upon another metaphor?

4. The way the plot is presented is referred to as the ________.

5. In Culler's opinion, to what is rhetoric related?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is poetics, as explained by "Chapter 5, Rhetoric, Poetics, and Poetry"?

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

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

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

7. According to Chapter 5, what is rhetoric?

8. During the Renaissance, what was the definition of rhetoric?

9. Why do some theorists believe that popular characterizations in novels create bad influences?

10. What is the role of the narrator limited?

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