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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Finish the following statement from "Toys": "The adult Frenchman sees the child as ______."
(a) "Spirited, yet unrefined"
(b) "Another self."
(c) "Unable to comprehend meaning in most issues."
(d) "Inferior in every way."

2. What pop-culture icon is Garbo contrasted to in "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) Audrey Hepburn.
(b) Queen Elizabeth.
(c) Elizabeth Taylor.
(d) Coco Chanel.

3. Which of the following is not one of the things the author says of steak in "Steak and Chips"?
(a) "A part of all the rhythms."
(b) "The reason there is supper."
(c) "The comfortable bourgeois meal."
(d) "The bachelor's bohemian snack."

4. According to the author, which of the following is not a Gnostic theme within the safe of the universe that was almost opened by Einstein?
(a) "The metaphysical poetry of reality."
(b) "The ideal possibility of a fundamental reduction of the world."
(c) "The unity of nature."
(d) "The unfastening power of the word."

5. What is the main character's lover's name in "The Lady of the Camellias"?
(a) Jean-Paul.
(b) Pierre.
(c) Armande.
(d) Antoinne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Saint is the Abbe said to be dressed up as in "The Iconography of the Abbe Pierre"?

2. In "Myth is a Type of Speech," the author claims that myth is a form. Which of the following is NOT something he says must be assigned to this form?

3. Which two organizations are referred to in "Operation Margarine"?

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

5. What is the second sign in "The Romans in Films"?

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