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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What language is not mythical according to "Myth on the Left"?
(a) Man as a producer.
(b) Man as storyteller.
(c) Man as a hunter.
(d) Journalism.

2. According to "The Form and the Concept" what is the second term of the system in Freud?
(a) The implied meaning of the dream.
(b) The latent meaning of the myth.
(c) The latent meaning of the dream.
(d) The implied meaning of the myth.

3. In "The Form and the Concept" a complete image would do what to myth?
(a) Use.
(b) Exclude.
(c) Include.
(d) Highlight.

4. What is the profession of the father of the male lover in "The Lady of the Camellias"?
(a) Army officer.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Lawyer.
(d) Tax collector.

5. "Myth is a type of speech chosen by ______." How is this quote finished?
(a) Science.
(b) History.
(c) Communicators.
(d) Popular culture.

6. In "Reading and Deciphering Myth" the author says the saluting soldier used as a reference in other sections is an example of what?
(a) French endurance.
(b) French attitude.
(c) French struggle.
(d) French imperiality.

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

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

9. In "The Great Family of Men," what is "The Family of Men" the author discusses?
(a) A film.
(b) A painting.
(c) A photography exhibit.
(d) A book of photography.

10. In "Myth is a Stolen Language," what offers little resistance to robbery by myth"?
(a) Popular culture.
(b) General psychology.
(c) Cultural philosophy.
(d) Articulated language.

11. What is a "regressive semiological system," according to "Myth is a Stolen Language"?
(a) Modern art.
(b) Classical literature.
(c) 20th century film.
(d) Contemporary poetry.

12. The workers mentioned in "The Great Family of Men" of the Goutte d'Or are from where?
(a) Northern Africa.
(b) South Africa.
(c) Lebanon.
(d) Paris.

13. 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 sheep.
(d) A goat.

14. "A ____ decor complete with _____." How is this quote from Striptease finished?
(a) Chinese, bamboo.
(b) Roman, ivy.
(c) Venetian, gondola.
(d) British, lilies.

15. 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 transform a form into meaning."
(d) "To create a meaning for an object."

Short Answer Questions

1. Myth is an inflexion, not what according to "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

2. Which of the following is not a Greek shepherd in "Plastic"?

3. What is the subject of the headline mentioned in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

4. In "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company," what term does the author first examine?

5. Which of the following is not a significant unit or synthesis mentioned by the author in "Myth is a Type of Speech"?

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