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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the second sign in "The Romans in Films"?
(a) Skin color.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Hair.
(d) Sweat.

2. How does the author describe bleach products in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
(a) Clothing tonic.
(b) Liquid fire.
(c) Mass-sold poison.
(d) Immediate chemical combustion.

3. Who is the actor the author focuses on in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Marlon Brando.
(c) Clark Gable.
(d) Charlie Chaplin.

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 aesthetics of consumers.
(d) The values of consumers.

5. Where was this meeting on soaps mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
(a) London.
(b) Madrid.
(c) New York.
(d) Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author argues that, ultimately, wrestlers are what?

2. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battles between character types in, "The World of Wrestling"?

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

4. Who is "a fifty-year-old with an obese and sagging body"?

5. What time do the royals wake up to mock the working class in "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise"?

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