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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Part 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not an object mentioned in "The 'Blue Blood" Cruise"?
(a) God-People.
(b) King-Object.
(c) God-King.
(d) No answers are correct.

2. Which of the following is not a title of an outside work referenced in "Operation Margarine"?
(a) "Medcin malgre lui."
(b) "Les Cyclones."
(c) "The World and Defense."
(d) "The Living Room."

3. Which of the following is not a publication referred to by the author in "The Blue Guide"?
(a) Match.
(b) Vogue.
(c) L'Express.
(d) Michelin Guide.

4. As said in "Wine and Milk," wine is to the French as what is to the Dutch?
(a) "The milk of the mother."
(b) "The milk of the chocolate."
(c) "The milk of the cow."
(d) "The milk of the farm."

5. What is the associated social status of the referenced actor in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
(a) Poor.
(b) Working class.
(c) Middle class.
(d) Working class and poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What film is mentioned in "The Face of Garbo"?

2. What other famous author does Barthes compare misunderstandings in language to in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

3. Which Roman character does the author point out has wild, unkempt hair?

4. In the opening sentence of "The Brain of Einstein," the author states that Einstein's brain is what sort of object?

5. Who is "a fifty-year-old with an obese and sagging body"?

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