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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What passion of children does Barthes compare the themes of the discussed author to in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) Streams and forests.
(b) Pirates and monsters.
(c) Huts and tents.
(d) Fields and games.

3. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," what are Nautilus and Drunken Boat to one another?
(a) Destroyers.
(b) Creators.
(c) Connectors.
(d) Opposites.

4. The author argues that, ultimately, wrestlers are what?
(a) Con artists.
(b) Unenviable.
(c) Actors.
(d) Entrepreneurs.

5. "Your ____ will be furious!" How is this quote from "Operation Margarine" finished?
(a) Mother.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Father.
(d) Uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mythology is a part of ideology in what way according to "Myth is a Semiological System"?

2. The workers mentioned in "The Great Family of Men" of the Goutte d'Or are from where?

3. Einstein died without having been able to what?

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

5. Which of the following is not part of the function of a myth in "Myth is a Semiological System"?

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