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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. What do the toys of current society do, that disheartens the author?
(a) Block the foundation for creativity.
(b) Taint children's morale.
(c) Die very quickly.
(d) Support an uneducated society.

2. 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) Freedom.
(c) Seclusion.
(d) Pain.

3. Which of the following is not "a certain young novelists...liking" in "The Writer on Holiday"?
(a) Breakfast stouts.
(b) Lavender-honey.
(c) Reblochon cheese.
(d) Pretty girls.

4. Which of the following does the author say is impossible to ignore for the bourgeois with regard to art history in "The Blue Guide"?
(a) Jewish.
(b) French.
(c) Greek.
(d) Roman Catholic.

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) Flowers.
(b) A hat.
(c) Electric wires.
(d) A scarf.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main character's name in "The Lady of the Camellias"?

2. Which of the following is not a "type" of man according to the author in "The Blue Guide"?

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

4. With what quote does "Neither-Nor Critcism" conclude?

5. According to the author, French toys always mean what?

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