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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not part of the whole system of values for a myth in "The Form and the Concept"?
(a) A history.
(b) A geography.
(c) A morality.
(d) An audiology.

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

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

4. Above all in "Myth on the Left," myth is what?
(a) Poverty-stricken.
(b) Unchangeable.
(c) A facade.
(d) Evolutionary to the needs of society.

5. In "The New Citroen" what is the modern equivalent of great Gothic cathedrals?
(a) Skyscrapers.
(b) Fashion.
(c) Cars.
(d) Subways.

6. "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."

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

8. Mythology is a part of semiology in what way according to "Myth as a Semiological System"?
(a) It can only be used to break down barriers.
(b) That it is a formal science.
(c) It is a philosophy.
(d) It is regulated by the definitions of objects.

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

10. 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.

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

12. 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 imperiality.
(b) An alibi of French endurance.
(c) An alibi of French attitude.
(d) An alibi of French struggle.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The author says that the main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" sends the audience to where?

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

3. Who is a producer of myths, as said in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

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

5. As per the opening statement, "Striptease" emphasizes which city?

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