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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 milk.
(b) The change in language.
(c) The price of vegetables.
(d) The effects of war.

2. 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 attitude.
(c) An alibi of French imperiality.
(d) An alibi of French endurance.

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

4. Which of the following is not a significant unit or synthesis mentioned by the author in "Myth is a Type of Speech"?
(a) Language.
(b) Discourse.
(c) Speech.
(d) Linguistics.

5. Plastic is "ubiquity made ____." How is this quote from "Plastic" finished?
(a) Visible.
(b) Affordable.
(c) Simple.
(d) Modern.

6. Which of the following is not part of the function of a myth in "Myth is a Semiological System"?
(a) "It defines something as meaningful."
(b) "It makes us understand something."
(c) "It imposes it on us."
(d) "It points out and it notifies."

7. According to the author in "The Great Family of Men," Nature is placed where?
(a) The beginning of Silence.
(b) Throughout everything we experience.
(c) Among the thresholds of humanity.
(d) The bottom of History.

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

9. What is the main character's lover's name in "The Lady of the Camellias"?
(a) Antoinne.
(b) Armande.
(c) Jean-Paul.
(d) Pierre.

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

11. 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?
(a) Masters.
(b) Sufferers.
(c) Care-givers.
(d) Readers.

12. What is the final example in "Plastic" of the material's infringement on nature?
(a) Production of plastic aortas.
(b) It use in child birthing.
(c) Artificial plants.
(d) Its contamination of food.

13. What is an example of a class ritual in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"?
(a) Exotic holidays.
(b) A big wedding.
(c) Extravagant parties.
(d) Driving expensive automobiles.

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

15. In "Myth is a Type of Speech" what happens to certain objects that become prey to mythical speech?
(a) They are forgotten, they have no place in modernity.
(b) They eventually will recirculate.
(c) They disappear, and other objects take their place.
(d) They are only reencountered by scholars.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Myth on the Left" what is the opposite of myth?

2. How does "Myth as Stolen Language" conclude?

3. In "Myth is a Stolen Language," what is characteristic of myth?

4. According to the author, what is striptease to France?

5. According to "Myth is a Type of Speech," myth is a system of what?

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