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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. What film is mentioned in "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) Queen Christina.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) La Strada.
(d) All About Eve.

2. How is the following quote from "The World of Wrestling" finished: "the virtue of all-in wrestling is that it is the spectacle of _____."
(a) Excess.
(b) Anger.
(c) Reason.
(d) Confrontation.

3. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battle between good and evil in "The World of Wrestling"?
(a) American wrestling.
(b) Russian wrestling.
(c) British wrestling.
(d) French wrestling.

4. The author argues that French toys "are meant to produce children who are users, not ____." How is this quote finished?
(a) Thinkers.
(b) Doers.
(c) Visualizers.
(d) Creators.

5. What is on Einstein's head in the photograph where he is lying down in on a bed, referred to in "The Brain of Einstein"?
(a) A scarf.
(b) A hat.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Electric wires.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Roman character does the author point out has wild, unkempt hair?

2. In "Steak and Chips," the author compares steak to what?

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

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

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

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