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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What meal does the author compare a writer's liking to in "The Writer on Holiday"?
(a) "Dry white wine and underdone steak."
(b) "Harsh whiskey and crabs legs."
(c) "Robust ale with spicy fra diavolo."
(d) "Any red wine with the reddest of meats."

2. What does the author claim is wine's power in "Wine and Milk"?
(a) Extracts opposites from objects.
(b) Gives life to objects that use it properly.
(c) Surrends the good of one for the benefit of all.
(d) Relaxes only to restore.

3. The author sees toys as doing what to children?
(a) Helping.
(b) Spoiling.
(c) Inspiring.
(d) Conditioning.

4. "Criticism must be neither a parlour game, nor a _____." How is this quote from "Neither-Nor Criticism" finished?
(a) Housewife chore.
(b) Act of consciousness.
(c) Municipal service.
(d) Deed of envy.

5. "Chips are ____ and ____ like steak." How is this quote finished from "Steak and Chips"?
(a) Delicious, earned.
(b) Beloved, hand made.
(c) Nostalgic, patriotic.
(d) Relevant, imperative.

Short Answer Questions

1. What other famous author does Barthes compare misunderstandings in language to in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

2. What does the author argue takes precedence over the human life in "The Blue Guide"?

3. How is a writer's holiday different from another tradesman according to the author in "The Writer on Holiday"?

4. Which of the following is not another "great spectacle" the author mentions in "The World of Wrestling"?

5. What sort of reality does the author say of inventiveness in "Ornamental Cooking"?

Short Essay Questions

1. The evil that the author speaks of in "Operation Margarine," where else does he say it is present, beyond the Army and the Church? What example does he use?

2. What is particularly special of the "Jet-Man"?

3. How is fairness apart of wrestling?

4. How is drunkenness different in France than other nations?

5. How does the author argue Einstein's brain is presented in popular culture?

6. Who is the writer discussed in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"? What is Barthes opinion of this writer's ambitions?

7. What is Charlie Chaplin presenting to audiences in the film "Modern Times"?

8. How was Dominici convicted of his crime in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

9. What is the opposite of "The Nautilus"?

10. What is the literature of repletion in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"? What does it lead to?

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