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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In "The Blue Guide," which of the following does the author not say "can have access to the pantheon of travel"?
2. What writer does Barthes discuss the work of in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
3. What does the author say the readers of the magazine he speaks of are entitled to in "Ornamental Cooking"?
4. What does the ship become in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
5. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battles between character types in, "The World of Wrestling"?
Short Essay Questions
1. From reading "Ornamental Cookery," why would you say that Elle creates such a grandiose food section for a working-class readership?
2. The evil that the author speaks of in "Operation Margarine," where else does he say it is present, beyond the Army and the Church? What example does he use?
3. Why are the "Ornamental Cookery" images in Elle magazine put fourth in vain?
4. What are the two signs that are discussed in "The Romans in Films?" What do they suggest of Roman and modern culture?
5. What is the function of wrestling according to "The World of Wrestling?" What does the author contrast this to? Why is this the function of wrestling?
6. What are "Toys," according to the author?
7. What does the author say Garbo's beauty suggests of culture?
8. How is fairness apart of wrestling?
9. What is the significance of eating steak rare in "Steak and Chips"?
10. How are steak and chips (i.e. French fries) alike?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is mythology vital to people? How is it vital to language? Why is mythology important to study?
Essay Topic 2
What was relevant of "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise?" How is the attitude of the royalty the same as the attitude of common people? What does this attitude say of the royalty who holds it? What does the connection between royalty and the common people because of this attitude suggest of humanity?
Essay Topic 3
How can photography be used in elections? How are people manipulated through this process?
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