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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Part 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author argue takes precedence over the human life in "The Blue Guide"?
(a) Buildings.
(b) Cities.
(c) Monuments.
(d) Lakes.

2. How does "Myth as Stolen Language" conclude?
(a) "One must deal with the writer's realism either as an ideological substance or as a semiological value."
(b) "The ideal of course would be to combine these two types of criticism."
(c) "Ideology has its methods, and so has semiology."
(d) "The mistake which is constantly made is to confuse them."

3. Ultimately, what is the destiny of the writers in the magazine article mentioned in "Novels and Children"?
(a) What what is best for their children.
(b) Write what is natural.
(c) Produce children.
(d) Write for their children.

4. What is the name of the international meeting on soap mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
(a) International Detergent, Soap, Cleanser and Cleaner Expo.
(b) The World's Fair of Soaps and Body Cleaners.
(c) Word Detergent Congress.
(d) The Universal Cleanser Alliance and Assembly.

5. According to the author in "Neither-Nor Criticism," which of the following isn't "heavy, defective words"?
(a) Catechism.
(b) Nuclear.
(c) Ideology.
(d) Militant.

Short Answer Questions

1. As said in "Wine and Milk," wine is to the French as what is to the Dutch?

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

3. The author says that writer he discusses in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" creates a world that needs only what to exist?

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

5. "Criticism must be neither a parlour game, nor a _____." How is this quote from "Neither-Nor Criticism" finished?

(see the answer key)

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