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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. Who asserts that the interpretation of metaphor is often reliant upon another metaphor?
(a) Marlowe.
(b) Derrida.
(c) Socrates.
(d) Shakespeare.

2. In literature, what is it called when events take place opposite of expectation?
(a) Alliteration.
(b) Point of view.
(c) Irony.
(d) Flashback.

3. Who defined rhetoric as "the art of persuasion"?
(a) Aristotle.
(b) Socrates.
(c) Raphael.
(d) Michelangelo.

4. In Chapter 7, what is a requirement for the believable appearance of literary performatives?
(a) Writing.
(b) Proper story format.
(c) Publication.
(d) Discussion.

5. Culler suggests that performative language aids is the understanding of ______________.
(a) Conflict.
(b) Discourse.
(c) Resolution.
(d) Silence.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chapter 5, what is the goal in using a metaphor?

2. What type of performance describes a state of affairs that can be proven to be accurate or inaccurate?

3. According to Nancy Armstrong, feelings and personal qualities in characters became more important than _____________.

4. What is accomplished by literary performatives, according to Culler?

5. Who is the narrator in "What Maisie Knew"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is first-person narration?

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

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

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

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

8. Who created a portrait of the "modern individual"?

9. What is the role of the narrator limited?

10. According to theorists, what gives the reader the most pleasure when reading a novel?

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