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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. Which of the following is not "a certain young novelists...liking" in "The Writer on Holiday"?
(a) Breakfast stouts.
(b) Reblochon cheese.
(c) Pretty girls.
(d) Lavender-honey.

2. The author argues that, ultimately, wrestlers are what?
(a) Con artists.
(b) Actors.
(c) Unenviable.
(d) Entrepreneurs.

3. Which king is compared to writers in "The Writer on Holiday"?
(a) Richard II.
(b) Edward III.
(c) Louis XIV.
(d) Henry IV.

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

5. What meal does the author compare a writer's liking to in "The Writer on Holiday"?
(a) "Any red wine with the reddest of meats."
(b) "Harsh whiskey and crabs legs."
(c) "Dry white wine and underdone steak."
(d) "Robust ale with spicy fra diavolo."

Short Answer Questions

1. What film is mentioned in the first paragraph of "The Romans in Films"?

2. Which of the following is not a title of an outside work referenced in "Operation Margarine"?

3. What is the name of the international meeting on soap mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?

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

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

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