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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Novels and Children" was written in response to an article in what magazine?
(a) Vogue.
(b) La Monde.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) Elle.

2. What is Garbo's makeup compared to in "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) A masterpiece.
(b) A mask.
(c) Another face.
(d) A mosaic.

3. In "Reading and Deciphering Myth" causality creeps through the back door of what?
(a) Humanity.
(b) Nature.
(c) Objects.
(d) Culture.

4. In "The Form and the Concept" a complete image would do what to myth?
(a) Include.
(b) Highlight.
(c) Use.
(d) Exclude.

5. What do the toys of current society do, that disheartens the author?
(a) Die very quickly.
(b) Support an uneducated society.
(c) Taint children's morale.
(d) Block the foundation for creativity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's name in "The Lady of the Camellias"?

2. In "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise," what is the name of the yacht used by the royals?

3. "The storm, that is, the infinite, rages in ______." How is quote from "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" finished?

4. What is a "regressive semiological system," according to "Myth is a Stolen Language"?

5. What writer does Barthes discuss the work of in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

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