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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Part 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the international meeting on soap mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
(a) International Detergent, Soap, Cleanser and Cleaner Expo.
(b) The World's Fair of Soaps and Body Cleaners.
(c) Word Detergent Congress.
(d) The Universal Cleanser Alliance and Assembly.

2. The author argues that French toys "are meant to produce children who are users, not ____." How is this quote finished?
(a) Doers.
(b) Creators.
(c) Visualizers.
(d) Thinkers.

3. What writer does Barthes discuss the work of in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) Herman Melville.
(b) Jules Verne.
(c) Mary Shelley.
(d) Bram Stoker.

4. What is the final example in "Plastic" of the material's infringement on nature?
(a) It use in child birthing.
(b) Artificial plants.
(c) Production of plastic aortas.
(d) Its contamination of food.

5. Which of the following is not a Greek shepherd in "Plastic"?
(a) Polyethylene.
(b) Polystyrene.
(c) Polyvinyl.
(d) Polyanthi.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Your ____ will be furious!" How is this quote from "Operation Margarine" finished?

2. Who is Garbo?

3. In "Soap Powders and Detergents," what does the author argue that the "whiteness" promised by these cleaning products play towards?

4. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," what are Nautilus and Drunken Boat to one another?

5. What do the toys of current society do, that disheartens the author?

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