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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Myth is a Type of Speech," the author claims that myth is a form. Which of the following is NOT something he says must be assigned to this form?
(a) Historical limits.
(b) Reintroduce society into it.
(c) Cultural aspects to the object.
(d) Conditions of use.

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

3. What does the ship become in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) A true myth.
(b) A wandering vessel.
(c) A traveling eye.
(d) A conscience for man.

4. What is one of the best methods against myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?
(a) Obstruct the acknowledging of a myths purpose.
(b) Write against the need for the myth.
(c) Produce an artificial myth.
(d) Study the particular myth's need to exist.

5. "Which phrase concludes "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) "Which comes close to the infinite."
(b) "Can make man proceed from a psycho-analysis of the cave."
(c) "It constantly begets departure."
(d) "A genuine poetics of exploration."

Short Answer Questions

1. According to "Myth is a Type of Speech," myth is a system of what?

2. Which of the following is not a "type" of man according to the author in "The Blue Guide"?

3. What does the author argue takes precedence over the human life in "The Blue Guide"?

4. Which Saint is the Abbe said to be dressed up as in "The Iconography of the Abbe Pierre"?

5. "Myth is a type of speech chosen by ______." How is this quote finished?

(see the answer key)

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