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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 is the final example in "Plastic" of the material's infringement on nature?
(a) It use in child birthing.
(b) Its contamination of food.
(c) Production of plastic aortas.
(d) Artificial plants.

2. What pop-culture icon is Garbo contrasted to in "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Coco Chanel.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Audrey Hepburn.

3. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," what are most ships in legend of fiction?
(a) "Round, smooth universe."
(b) "Necessity to dreams."
(c) "Enjoyed vessels."
(d) "Painful objects of captivity."

4. Which of the following is not an industry compared to in "Toys"?
(a) Hair Styling.
(b) Teaching.
(c) The Army.
(d) Transport.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author argues that French toys "are meant to produce children who are users, not ____." How is this quote finished?

2. According to the author in "The Great Family of Men," Nature is placed where?

3. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is an emblem of what?

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

5. Finish the following statement from "Toys": "The adult Frenchman sees the child as ______."

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