Which of the following is a rule of semiotics ?

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1. Which of the following is a rule of semiotics ?

   A. All linguistic concepts evolve solely out of the responses of people within a specific historical era.
   B. All linguistic and social phenomena are texts, and the object of studying these texts is to reveal the underlying codes that make them meaningful.
   C. All linguistics is in some way related to class struggle.
   D. All of the above answers are correct.

2. The term semiotics was introduced by______________?

   A. Charles Sanders Pierce
   B. Ferdinand de sauddure
   C. Noam Chomsky
   D. Edward Sapir

3. “Can this be so!” cried goodman Brown, with a stare of amazement at his undisturbed companion. Howbeit, I have nothing to do with the governor and council – they have their own ways, and are no rule for a simple husbandman, like me. But, were I to go on with thee, how should I meet the eye of that good old man, our minister, at Salem village? Oh, his voice would make me tremble, both Sabbathday and lecture-day!” The word “husbandman” usually means farmer, but in this context it means something else – what ?

   A. Rancher
   B. Male partner in a marriage
   C. Cowboy
   D. Man of ordinary status

4. Arnold summarises the rule of English criticism in one word, in The Function Of Criticism. What is the word ?

   A. Disintrestedness
   B. Intresedness
   C. Purification
   D. Civilization

5. What was the primary function of The Rule of Saint Benedict ?

   A. The Rule of Saint Benedict standardized monasticism.
   B. The Rule of Saint Benedict was the first example of poetry written in the vernacular language.
   C. The Rule of Saint Benedict explained the new architectural style.
   D. The Rule of Saint Benedict offered an early example of dream poetry.

6. Despite the fact that the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle continued well into the Norman rule of the 12th century, which king originally commissioned this work ?

   A. King Harold
   B. King Arthur
   C. William the Conqueror
   D. Alfred the Great

7. In the context of Medieval literature, what does “outer rule” mean ?

   A. it includes issues that pertain to the heart
   B. it refers to anchoress’ everyday behavior
   C. it is part of the anchoress’ inner self
   D. it is the most important part of Ancrene Wisse

8. In the context of Medieval literature, what does “inner rule” mean ?

   A. it includes issues that pertain to the heart
   B. it is part of the anchoress’ inner self
   C. it is the most important part of Ancrene Wisse
   D. All of the Above

9. Why was the “drop of blood” rule developed ?

   A. To keep the slave offspring of White slave owners from inheriting.
   B. To allow mixed-race children to get scholarships meant for African Americans.
   C. To make sure mothers of mixed-race children got custody.
   D. To keep White slave owner parents of mixed-race offspring from having to pay for their children.

10. Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier” opens with the following lines: “If I should die, think only this of me:/That there’s some corner of a foreign field/That is for ever England.” Which of the following statements best describes these lines and Brooke’s poem as a whole ?

    A. These lines and the poem as a whole use both the political concept of a nation and the spiritual concept of eternity to give meaning to soldiers’ deaths on the battlefield.
    B. These lines and the poem as a whole are primarily concerned with the extension of Britain’s imperial power.
    C. These lines and the poem as a whole seek to directly express the horrors of war.
    D. These lines and the poem as a whole rely on assonance to magnify the critique of war expressed in the poem.