Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others ?

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1. Which text argues that, as infants, human beings begin to define their identities against the identities of others? A. W.E.B. Du Bois’s The Souls of Black Folk______________?

   B. Roland Barthes’s “The Death of the Author”
   C. Jacques Derrida’s Of Grammatology
   D. Jacques Lacan’s “The Mirror Stage …”

2. Which literary theorist argues that “there is nothing outside the text” ?

   A. T.S. Eliot
   B. Jacques Lacan
   C. Jacques Derrida
   D. Stanley Fish

3. In her text, “History of the Novel”, How does Dr. Agatha Taormina define the novel ?

   A. A narrative that emphasizes character development
   B. A narrative with a unified, plausible plot structure
   C. A narrative that conveys the illusion of reality
   D. All of these

4. Which literary theorist argues that “there is nothing outside the text” ?

   A. T.S. Eliot
   B. Jacques Lacan
   C. Jacques Derrida
   D. Stanley Fish

5. One purpose of LITERARY CRITICISM is described below: A formalist approach might enable us to choose between a reading which sees the dissolution of society in Lord of the Flies as being caused by too strict a suppression of the “bestial” side of man and one which sees it as resulting from too little suppression. We can look to the text and ask: What textual evidence is there for the suppression or indulgence of the “bestial” side of man? Does Ralph suppress Jack when he tries to indulge his bestial side in hunting? Does it appear from the text that an imposition of stricter law and order would have prevented the breakdown? Did it work in the “grownup” world of the novel? What purpose does this prescribe to ?

   A. To help resolve a question, problem, or difficulty in the reading.
   B. To help decide which is the better of two conflicting readings.
   C. To enable to form judgments about literature.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

6. Human beings can talk about experiences, objects and events which are not present at the time and place of speaking. This property of language is called______________ ?

   A. Duality of structure
   B. Recursiveness
   C. Displacement
   D. TransferencE

7. The idea that God predestines human beings to be saved or damned is associated with which Protestant reformer ?

   A. Martin Luther
   B. John Calvin
   C. Henry VIII
   D. Arminius

8. Who argues that language is a unique evolutionary development of the human species and distinguished from modes of communication used by any other animal species ?

   A. Ferdenand de Sassure
   B. Albert Chomsky
   C. Noam Chomsky
   D. Noah Webster

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

9. In his essay “The Death of the Author,” Roland Barthes argues what about literature ?

   A. Biographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature.
   B. A text and its author text are unrelated.
   C. It is possible to distill meaning from a work based on the author’s politics.
   D. Literature is inextricably connected to its creator.

10. In Of Grammatology, Jacques Derrida argues what about literature ?

    A. No fixed, stable meaning is possible.
    B. Language must be studied in conjunction with history in order to create meaning.
    C. Literature is timeless, and thus meaning does not change.
    D. All of the above answers are correct.