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

2. Which of the following is not something the author says the ship grows past being in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) An object that is used.
(b) An object that is owned.
(c) A box.
(d) A habitat.

3. In "Soap Powders and Detergents," what does the author argue that the "whiteness" promised by these cleaning products play towards?
(a) The vanity of consumers.
(b) The aesthetics of consumers.
(c) The naivety of consumers.
(d) The values of consumers.

4. Which two organizations are referred to in "Operation Margarine"?
(a) The Navy and the Court.
(b) The Army and the Church.
(c) The Church and the Government.
(d) The Police and the Army.

5. What does the writing of the author under discussion in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" most typically explore?
(a) Pain.
(b) Mystery in what is typical.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Seclusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author sees toys as doing what to children?

2. "Your ____ will be furious!" How is this quote from "Operation Margarine" finished?

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

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

5. Where was this meeting on soaps mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?

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