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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. Finish the following statement from "Toys": "The adult Frenchman sees the child as ______."
(a) "Spirited, yet unrefined"
(b) "Inferior in every way."
(c) "Unable to comprehend meaning in most issues."
(d) "Another self."

2. What is the name of the international meeting on soap mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
(a) The Universal Cleanser Alliance and Assembly.
(b) Word Detergent Congress.
(c) International Detergent, Soap, Cleanser and Cleaner Expo.
(d) The World's Fair of Soaps and Body Cleaners.

3. "Criticism must be neither a parlour game, nor a _____." How is this quote from "Neither-Nor Criticism" finished?
(a) Housewife chore.
(b) Act of consciousness.
(c) Municipal service.
(d) Deed of envy.

4. 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 naivety of consumers.
(c) The values of consumers.
(d) The aesthetics of consumers.

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

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

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

4. What is Garbo's makeup compared to in "The Face of Garbo"?

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

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