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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. The author claims that according to the magazine article in "Novels and Children," women are what sort of species?
(a) "Naive."
(b) "Homogenous."
(c) "Superior."
(d) "Inspirational."

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) Confrontation.
(d) Reason.

3. Mythology is a part of semiology in what way according to "Myth as a Semiological System"?
(a) It can only be used to break down barriers.
(b) It is a philosophy.
(c) That it is a formal science.
(d) It is regulated by the definitions of objects.

4. "Chips are ____ and ____ like steak." How is this quote finished from "Steak and Chips"?
(a) Beloved, hand made.
(b) Nostalgic, patriotic.
(c) Delicious, earned.
(d) Relevant, imperative.

5. What American mixture does the author perplex over in "Wine and Milk"?
(a) Milk and pomegranate.
(b) Milk and chocolate.
(c) Water and cucumber.
(d) Wine and juice.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is not an object mentioned in "The 'Blue Blood" Cruise"?

4. In "Myth is a Type of Speech" what happens to certain objects that become prey to mythical speech?

5. What does the ship become in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

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