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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. In "Wine and Milk," what is the opposite of wine?
(a) Juice.
(b) Water.
(c) Milk.
(d) Beer.

2. Who is the actor the author focuses on in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
(a) John Wayne.
(b) Marlon Brando.
(c) Charlie Chaplin.
(d) Clark Gable.

3. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," what are Nautilus and Drunken Boat to one another?
(a) Opposites.
(b) Destroyers.
(c) Connectors.
(d) Creators.

4. What is Garbo's makeup compared to in "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) Another face.
(b) A mask.
(c) A mosaic.
(d) A masterpiece.

5. What word does the author say is used by "Neither-Nor" critics in a tone of "alacrity"?
(a) Romance.
(b) Guide.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Adventure.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author suggest is saintly about the Abbe Pierre?

2. Where does the author suggest holidays originate from?

3. Which of the following is not something the author says the ship grows past being in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

4. Which king is compared to writers in "The Writer on Holiday"?

5. What writer does Barthes discuss the work of in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are steak and chips (i.e. French fries) alike?

2. How is fairness apart of wrestling?

3. What does the author compare Garbo's makeup to? What male personality is she compared to?

4. How does the author introduce holidays in "The Writer on Holiday"?

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

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

7. What does the author say Garbo's beauty suggests of culture?

8. "Hitch the greatness of the former to the triumph of the latter." To what does this quote from "Operation Margarine" apply?

9. In "Blind and Dumb Criticism," why would a critic admitting that he is not scholarly enough to comment appropriately on the work at hand be toxic to a culture?

10. What image of wine does the author create in the beginning of "Wine and Milk"?

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