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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Culler suggests that the occasional confusion that results from the use of metaphor is due to __________.

2. According to Culler, what power is given to literature by literary performatives?

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

4. What human need, according to Culler, drives the desire to hear the conclusion of a story?

5. According to Chapter 6, what is the desired result after conflict within a novel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is first-person narration?

3. According to Chapter 5, what is rhetoric?

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

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

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

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

8. According to Aristotle, what three points must be contained within a plot?

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

10. Into what three classes did the Greeks divide literature?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

According to Aristotle, three different plot points should appear in any good novel.

1) Identify these plot points.

2) Define these plot points.

3) Analyze why they are important to the structure of a novel.

Essay Topic 2

In the twentieth century, the novel became a focus in literary education and extremely popular among the masses. Create a supporting argument for the following statement, citing examples from the text: The novel is the most popular form of literature in the twentieth century due to a desire for readers to hear and tell new stories.

Essay Topic 3

Within a novel, there are several different forms of narration. Identify one form of narration and answer the following questions:

1) What does this type of narration accomplish?

2) What is the relationship between the reader and this type of narrator?

3) What are the positives and negatives with this form of narration?

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