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

2. The author says that writer he discusses in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" creates a world that needs only what to exist?
(a) Ships.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Itself.
(d) Man.

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

4. The workers mentioned in "The Great Family of Men" of the Goutte d'Or are from where?
(a) Northern Africa.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Paris.
(d) South Africa.

5. "Your ____ will be furious!" How is this quote from "Operation Margarine" finished?
(a) Father.
(b) Mother.
(c) Uncle.
(d) Grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the toys of current society do, that disheartens the author?

2. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is a symbol of what?

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

4. Which of the following is not something the author says the ship grows past being in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

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

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