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

2. The author argues that French toys "are meant to produce children who are users, not ____." How is this quote finished?
(a) Creators.
(b) Doers.
(c) Thinkers.
(d) Visualizers.

3. Where was this meeting on soaps mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
(a) Madrid.
(b) New York.
(c) London.
(d) Paris.

4. Plastic is "ubiquity made ____." How is this quote from "Plastic" finished?
(a) Simple.
(b) Affordable.
(c) Modern.
(d) Visible.

5. With what quote does "Neither-Nor Critcism" conclude?
(a) "I rather fear that the new Neither-Nor critcism is one season behind."
(b) "Literature has entered a situation which is difficult, restricted, mortal."
(c) "And yet, nothing can escape being put into question by History; not even good writing."
(d) "It can even be said it is when man proclaims his primal liberty that his subordination is least disputable."

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the actor the author focuses on in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?

2. What word does the author say is used by "Neither-Nor" critics in a tone of "alacrity"?

3. What is the associated social status of the referenced actor in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?

4. The author says that writer he discusses in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" creates a world that needs only what to exist?

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

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