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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the subject of the headline mentioned in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?
(a) The price of vegetables.
(b) The change in language.
(c) The price of milk.
(d) The effects of war.

2. According to the author, what is striptease to France?
(a) Nationalized.
(b) Celebrated.
(c) Hidden.
(d) Sinful.

3. Mythology is a part of ideology in what way according to "Myth is a Semiological System"?
(a) It is regulated by the definitions of objects.
(b) It is a physical science.
(c) It is a historical science.
(d) It is nutritional for a culture.

4. "______, myth is on the right." How is this quote finished?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Usually.
(c) Essentially.
(d) Statistically.

5. In "Reading and Deciphering Myth," when the author distinguishes the meaning and the form by focusing on a full signifier, the French soldier becomes what?
(a) An alibi of French struggle.
(b) An alibi of French imperiality.
(c) An alibi of French endurance.
(d) An alibi of French attitude.

6. Which type of photograph "suggests the tyranny of an ideal" in "Photography and Electoral Appeal"?
(a) A three quarter face.
(b) Close up.
(c) Profile.
(d) Full on.

7. "The spiritualization can be seen in the extent, the quality and the material of the _____." How is this quote from "The New Citroen" finished?
(a) Glasswork.
(b) Framing.
(c) Threading.
(d) Beading.

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

9. In "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company," what is the characterization of an unchanging humanity?
(a) Its identity.
(b) Its cultural issues.
(c) Its titles.
(d) Its signifiers.

10. "The _____ of myth presents itself in an ambiguous way." How is this quote from "The Form and the Concept" finished?
(a) Creator.
(b) Signifier.
(c) Speaker.
(d) User.

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

12. Which of the following is not an animal the lion will not share his hunted food with in "The Form and the Concept."
(a) A heifer.
(b) A cow.
(c) A goat.
(d) A sheep.

13. What does the author say the world supplies to myth in "Myth is Depoliticized Speech"?
(a) Ability of usage.
(b) Cultural adherence.
(c) Historical reality.
(d) Definition.

14. "Myth is not defined by _____." How is this quote from "Myth is a Type of Speech" finished?
(a) "The subject its communicators."
(b) "The object of its meaning."
(c) "The principles of its speech."
(d) "The object of its message."

15. What is the first point the author makes of the science of semiology in "Myth as a Semiological System"?
(a) The signification of a theory is only purposeful to a small percentage of objects.
(b) It is to become an object of philosophy before affecting a culture.
(c) It only exists in theory at the time of writing.
(d) Groups of people must agree on the meaning of the theories to become a myth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Reading and Deciphering Myth" causality creeps through the back door of what?

2. Mythology is a part of semiology in what way according to "Myth as a Semiological System"?

3. 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?

4. "The relation which reunites the concept of the myth to its meaning is essentially a relation of ____." How is this quote from "The Form and the Concept" finished?

5. According to "The Form and the Concept" what is the second term of the system in Freud?

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