2. What film is mentioned in the first paragraph of "The Romans in Films"?
(a) Spartacus.
(b) Cleopatra.
(c) The Ten Commandments.
(d) Julius Caesar.

3. What passion of children does Barthes compare the themes of the discussed author to in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) Pirates and monsters.
(b) Fields and games.
(c) Streams and forests.
(d) Huts and tents.

4. "One is gifted for jet-flying as others are ____." How is this quote from "The Jet-Man" finished?
(a) Urged to nurse.
(b) Able to teach.
(c) Brought to write.
(d) Called to God.

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

6. What does the author say men could conceive of the heavens in "The Jet-Man"?
(a) Full of celestial miscomprehension.
(b) Being populated with semi-objects.
(c) Used for myths after astronomy.
(d) Laden of Martian and psychic matter.

7. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is a symbol of what?
(a) Departure.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Fear.
(d) Commerce.

8. What religious sect is referred to in "Novels and Children"?
(a) Hasidic Jews.
(b) Unitarian Universalists.
(c) Jesuits.
(d) Sunni Muslims.

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

10. What other famous author does Barthes compare misunderstandings in language to in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?
(a) Dostoevsky.
(b) Kafka.
(c) Marquez.
(d) Ibsen.

11. Which of the following is not another "great spectacle" the author mentions in "The World of Wrestling"?
(a) Justice.
(b) Misery.
(c) Defeat.
(d) Suffering.

12. How does the author refer to the magazine he writes of in "Ornamental Cooking"?
(a) "Pages that turn in parallel with the times in which we live."
(b) "A pompous collection of reviews."
(c) "A highly valuable journal."
(d) "Impossible recipes, absurd photographs."

13. What is on Einstein's head in the photograph where he is lying down in on a bed, referred to in "The Brain of Einstein"?
(a) Electric wires.
(b) A scarf.
(c) Flowers.
(d) A hat.

14. According to the author, French toys always mean what?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Something.
(c) Trouble.
(d) Nothing.

15. What pop-culture icon is Garbo contrasted to in "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) Queen Elizabeth.
(b) Audrey Hepburn.
(c) Coco Chanel.
(d) Elizabeth Taylor.