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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Myth is Depoliticized Speech," how does myth act in the passing from history to nature?
(a) Economically.
(b) Creatively.
(c) Scientifically.
(d) Philosophically.

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

3. In "Myth on the Left" what is the opposite of myth?
(a) Speech that remains scientific.
(b) Speech that is used commonly.
(c) Speech that is changed often.
(d) Speech that remains political.

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

5. In "Myth on the Right," what does the bourgeoisie want to keep with the appearances?
(a) Politics.
(b) Aristocracy.
(c) Reality.
(d) Fantasy.

6. "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 subject its communicators."
(d) "The principles of its speech."

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

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

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

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

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

12. What is the second point the author makes of the science of semiology in "Myth as a Semiological System"?
(a) "Studies significations apart from their content."
(b) "Studies the separation of an object to its signification."
(c) "Studies objects different from their implied affections in a culture."
(d) "Studies the aspects of speech and meaning in a verbal object."

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. "A ____ decor complete with _____." How is this quote from Striptease finished?

2. "______, myth is on the right." How is this quote finished?

3. "The _____ of myth presents itself in an ambiguous way." How is this quote from "The Form and the Concept" finished?

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

5. "Myth is a type of speech chosen by ______." How is this quote finished?

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