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

2. What sort of reality does the author say of inventiveness in "Ornamental Cooking"?
(a) "Fairy-land."
(b) "Make believe."
(c) "Harsh."
(d) "Intricate."

3. The main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" cannot see herself as anything but "that of ornament in the museum of the _____." How is this quote finished?
(a) Sufferers.
(b) Masters.
(c) Care-givers.
(d) Readers.

4. The author sees toys as doing what to children?
(a) Conditioning.
(b) Inspiring.
(c) Helping.
(d) Spoiling.

5. In "The Form and the Concept" a complete image would do what to myth?
(a) Highlight.
(b) Exclude.
(c) Use.
(d) Include.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Criticism must be neither a parlour game, nor a _____." How is this quote from "Neither-Nor Criticism" finished?

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

3. Who is the inspiration for "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

4. Which of the following is not an object mentioned in "The 'Blue Blood" Cruise"?

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

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