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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. How old is the subject of the trial in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Eighty.
(d) Sixty.

2. "Chips are ____ and ____ like steak." How is this quote finished from "Steak and Chips"?
(a) Relevant, imperative.
(b) Beloved, hand made.
(c) Delicious, earned.
(d) Nostalgic, patriotic.

3. What does the author suggest is saintly about the Abbe Pierre?
(a) The haircut.
(b) The beard.
(c) The work.
(d) The clothing.

4. What does the writing of the author under discussion in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" most typically explore?
(a) Seclusion.
(b) Pain.
(c) Mystery in what is typical.
(d) Freedom.

5. The author says that writer he discusses in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" creates a world that needs only what to exist?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Man.
(c) Itself.
(d) Ships.

Short Answer Questions

1. Einstein died without having been able to what?

2. What passion of children does Barthes compare the themes of the discussed author to in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

3. As said in "Wine and Milk," wine is to the French as what is to the Dutch?

4. What does the author claim is wine's power in "Wine and Milk"?

5. What religious sect is referred to in "Novels and Children"?

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