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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company," what term does the author first examine?
(a) Object.
(b) Money.
(c) Bourgeoisie.
(d) Myth.

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

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

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

5. What flowers does the author use to signify his passion in "Myth is a Semiological System"?
(a) Lilies.
(b) Daisies.
(c) Orchids.
(d) Roses.

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

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

8. 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 cow.
(b) A sheep.
(c) A heifer.
(d) A goat.

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

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

11. As per the opening statement, "Striptease" emphasizes which city?
(a) London.
(b) Paris.
(c) Nice.
(d) Prague.

12. In "Myth is a Type of Speech," the author claims that myth is a form. Which of the following is NOT something he says must be assigned to this form?
(a) Conditions of use.
(b) Reintroduce society into it.
(c) Historical limits.
(d) Cultural aspects to the object.

13. 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 imperiality.
(b) French attitude.
(c) French struggle.
(d) French endurance.

14. The author says that the main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" lives in the awareness of what?
(a) Her selfishness.
(b) Her alienation.
(c) Her pride.
(d) Her selflessness.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Plastic is "ubiquity made ____." How is this quote from "Plastic" finished?

3. The workers mentioned in "The Great Family of Men" of the Goutte d'Or are from where?

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

5. "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?

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