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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sort of reality does the author say of inventiveness in "Ornamental Cooking"?
(a) "Make believe."
(b) "Fairy-land."
(c) "Intricate."
(d) "Harsh."

2. The author makes the statement that a wrestler is ________ "in broad daylight and in the sight of all"?
(a) Tortured.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Murdered.
(d) Crucified.

3. Which of the following is NOT something the author says criticism mustn't be in "Neither-Nor Criticism."
(a) Pious.
(b) Gratuitous.
(c) Political.
(d) Communist.

4. "Which phrase concludes "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) "It constantly begets departure."
(b) "A genuine poetics of exploration."
(c) "Can make man proceed from a psycho-analysis of the cave."
(d) "Which comes close to the infinite."

5. Which Saint is the Abbe said to be dressed up as in "The Iconography of the Abbe Pierre"?
(a) Patrick.
(b) Francis.
(c) Peter.
(d) Luke.

6. 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) Reason.
(b) Anger.
(c) Confrontation.
(d) Excess.

7. Finish the following statement from "Toys": "The adult Frenchman sees the child as ______."
(a) "Spirited, yet unrefined"
(b) "Inferior in every way."
(c) "Another self."
(d) "Unable to comprehend meaning in most issues."

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

9. What does the author claim is wine's power in "Wine and Milk"?
(a) Surrends the good of one for the benefit of all.
(b) Gives life to objects that use it properly.
(c) Relaxes only to restore.
(d) Extracts opposites from objects.

10. What word does the author say is used by "Neither-Nor" critics in a tone of "alacrity"?
(a) Romance.
(b) Guide.
(c) Adventure.
(d) Spirit.

11. Which two organizations are referred to in "Operation Margarine"?
(a) The Church and the Government.
(b) The Army and the Church.
(c) The Police and the Army.
(d) The Navy and the Court.

12. Which of the following is not a sign of apostleship in "The Iconography of Abbe Pierre"?
(a) A missionary's beard.
(b) A constant hold of the Bible.
(c) A benign expression.
(d) A sheepskin coat.

13. What did the face of Valentino cause, as per "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) Riots.
(b) Revolutions in art and cinema.
(c) Suicides.
(d) Reforms in the fashion industry.

14. What food is made with margarine in the advertisement referenced by the author in "Operation Margarine"?
(a) Strawberry pie.
(b) A mousse.
(c) Chocolate cake.
(d) Croissants.

15. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battles between character types in, "The World of Wrestling"?
(a) British wrestling.
(b) American wrestling.
(c) French wrestling.
(d) Russian wrestling.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the author describe how fast "the Jet-Man" travels?

2. Which of the following is not an industry compared to in "Toys"?

3. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," what are most ships in legend of fiction?

4. What magazine is the reference point for "Ornamental Cooking"?

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

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