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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. Who is Garbo?
(a) A ballerina.
(b) A model.
(c) A singer.
(d) An actress.

2. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is a symbol of what?
(a) Fear.
(b) Commerce.
(c) Isolation.
(d) Departure.

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

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

5. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is an emblem of what?
(a) Objectivity.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Literature.
(d) Closure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which fictional children's character(s) is/are referred to in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?

2. How is the following quote from "The Poor and the Proletariat" finished: "the proletarian is still the man who is ______"?

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

4. What is the final example in "Plastic" of the material's infringement on nature?

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

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