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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. As said in "Wine and Milk," wine is to the French as what is to the Dutch?
(a) "The milk of the mother."
(b) "The milk of the chocolate."
(c) "The milk of the cow."
(d) "The milk of the farm."

2. Which of the following is not an industry compared to in "Toys"?
(a) Transport.
(b) Teaching.
(c) The Army.
(d) Hair Styling.

3. What meal does the author compare a writer's liking to in "The Writer on Holiday"?
(a) "Robust ale with spicy fra diavolo."
(b) "Dry white wine and underdone steak."
(c) "Any red wine with the reddest of meats."
(d) "Harsh whiskey and crabs legs."

4. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is an emblem of what?
(a) Closure.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Literature.
(d) Objectivity.

5. In "Myth is a Type of Speech" what happens to certain objects that become prey to mythical speech?
(a) They are only reencountered by scholars.
(b) They are forgotten, they have no place in modernity.
(c) They eventually will recirculate.
(d) They disappear, and other objects take their place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of photograph "suggests the tyranny of an ideal" in "Photography and Electoral Appeal"?

2. "Your ____ will be furious!" How is this quote from "Operation Margarine" finished?

3. The author argues that, ultimately, wrestlers are what?

4. How is the following quote from "The World of Wrestling" finished: "the virtue of all-in wrestling is that it is the spectacle of _____."

5. In "The Great Family of Men," what is "The Family of Men" the author discusses?

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