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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the writing of the author under discussion in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" most typically explore?
(a) Mystery in what is typical.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Seclusion.
(d) Pain.

2. According to the author, the literature of repletion is passed of as what?
(a) The literature of what is "judicial" and what is "faithful."
(b) The literature of the "real" and the "human."
(c) The literature to what guides our lives and our souls.
(d) The literature of how man struggles.

3. "The storm, that is, the infinite, rages in ______." How is quote from "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" finished?
(a) Vain.
(b) Terror.
(c) Perplexity.
(d) Misery.

4. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," what are Nautilus and Drunken Boat to one another?
(a) Destroyers.
(b) Creators.
(c) Connectors.
(d) Opposites.

5. What time do the royals wake up to mock the working class in "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise"?
(a) 5 a.m.
(b) 7 a.m.
(c) 4:30 a.m.
(d) 6 a.m.

6. What other alcoholic beverage is wine contrasted to in "Wine and Milk"?
(a) Cordials.
(b) Beer.
(c) Bourbon.
(d) Whiskey.

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

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

9. Which of the following is not a phrase used to describe Einstein or his brain in "The Brain of Einstein"?
(a) "A true museum exhibit."
(b) "World of robots."
(c) "Bed of thorns."
(d) "Superman."

10. Who is the inspiration for "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?
(a) Jean-Paul Dominici.
(b) Dominici Costello.
(c) Dominci Christ.
(d) Gaston Dominci.

11. Who is the actor the author focuses on in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
(a) Charlie Chaplin.
(b) Clark Gable.
(c) Marlon Brando.
(d) John Wayne.

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 highly valuable journal."
(c) "A pompous collection of reviews."
(d) "Impossible recipes, absurd photographs."

13. The author argues that French toys "are meant to produce children who are users, not ____." How is this quote finished?
(a) Visualizers.
(b) Doers.
(c) Thinkers.
(d) Creators.

14. Which types of toys is the author more fond of?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Homemade.
(c) Wooden.
(d) Plush.

15. The author says that writer he discusses in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" creates a world that needs only what to exist?
(a) Ships.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Itself.
(d) Man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the associated social status of the referenced actor in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?

3. What did the face of Valentino cause, as per "The Face of Garbo"?

4. Which two organizations are referred to in "Operation Margarine"?

5. What river is referenced in the first sentence of "The Writer on Holiday?"

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