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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Wine and Milk," what is the opposite of wine?
(a) Water.
(b) Beer.
(c) Juice.
(d) Milk.

3. 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 values of consumers.
(c) The naivety of consumers.
(d) The aesthetics of consumers.

4. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battles between character types in, "The World of Wrestling"?
(a) French wrestling.
(b) American wrestling.
(c) British wrestling.
(d) Russian wrestling.

5. What food is made with margarine in the advertisement referenced by the author in "Operation Margarine"?
(a) Croissants.
(b) Chocolate cake.
(c) Strawberry pie.
(d) A mousse.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," what are most ships in legend of fiction?

3. What color are the pajamas mentioned in "The Writer on Holiday"?

4. What does the author say men could conceive of the heavens in "The Jet-Man"?

5. Where does the author suggest holidays originate from?

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