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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 word does the author say is used by "Neither-Nor" critics in a tone of "alacrity"?
(a) Spirit.
(b) Guide.
(c) Romance.
(d) Adventure.

2. The author says that writer he discusses in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" creates a world that needs only what to exist?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Ships.
(c) Man.
(d) Itself.

3. "The storm, that is, the infinite, rages in ______." How is quote from "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" finished?
(a) Misery.
(b) Terror.
(c) Perplexity.
(d) Vain.

4. Which fictional children's character(s) is/are referred to in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
(a) Bugs Bunny.
(b) Rocky and Bullwinkle.
(c) Felix the Cat.
(d) Punch and Judy.

5. Who is the actor the author focuses on in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Marlon Brando.
(c) Charlie Chaplin.
(d) Clark Gable.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food is made with margarine in the advertisement referenced by the author in "Operation Margarine"?

2. Where was this meeting on soaps mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?

3. Plastic is "ubiquity made ____." How is this quote from "Plastic" finished?

4. How does the author describe bleach products in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?

5. Which of the following is not something the author says the ship grows past being in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

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