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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. Which of the following is not a Greek shepherd in "Plastic"?
(a) Polystyrene.
(b) Polyanthi.
(c) Polyvinyl.
(d) Polyethylene.

2. The main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" cannot see herself as anything but "that of ornament in the museum of the _____." How is this quote finished?
(a) Masters.
(b) Readers.
(c) Sufferers.
(d) Care-givers.

3. In "Myth is a Stolen Language," what is characteristic of myth?
(a) "To connect objects into form."
(b) "To transform a meaning into form."
(c) "To create a meaning for an object."
(d) "To transform a form into meaning."

4. What does the author suggest is saintly about the Abbe Pierre?
(a) The beard.
(b) The haircut.
(c) The work.
(d) The clothing.

5. "Criticism must be neither a parlour game, nor a _____." How is this quote from "Neither-Nor Criticism" finished?
(a) Deed of envy.
(b) Act of consciousness.
(c) Municipal service.
(d) Housewife chore.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that the main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" lives in the awareness of what?

2. What sort of reality does the author say of inventiveness in "Ornamental Cooking"?

3. What is the second point the author makes of the science of semiology in "Myth as a Semiological System"?

4. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battles between character types in, "The World of Wrestling"?

5. Plastic is "ubiquity made ____." How is this quote from "Plastic" finished?

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