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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. Who does the author compare wrestlers to in the final paragraph of "The World of Wrestling"?
(a) Demons.
(b) Angels.
(c) Monsters.
(d) Gods.

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

3. According to the author, French toys always mean what?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Something.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Trouble.

4. "Wine is here a part of the reason of _____." How is this quote from "Wine and Milk" finished?
(a) State.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Behavior.
(d) Life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author sees toys as doing what to children?

2. What did the face of Valentino cause, as per "The Face of Garbo"?

3. In "Soap Powders and Detergents," what does the author argue that the "whiteness" promised by these cleaning products play towards?

4. What pop-culture icon is Garbo contrasted to in "The Face of Garbo"?

5. How old is the subject of the trial in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

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