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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 sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battle between good and evil in "The World of Wrestling"?
(a) American wrestling.
(b) French wrestling.
(c) British wrestling.
(d) Russian wrestling.

2. In "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise," what is the name of the yacht used by the royals?
(a) "The Agamemnon."
(b) "The Iris."
(c) "Andromeda."
(d) "Le Grande Bagarre."

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

4. According to the author in "Neither-Nor Criticism," which of the following isn't "heavy, defective words"?
(a) Militant.
(b) Nuclear.
(c) Ideology.
(d) Catechism.

5. Finish the following statement from "Toys": "The adult Frenchman sees the child as ______."
(a) "Spirited, yet unrefined"
(b) "Unable to comprehend meaning in most issues."
(c) "Inferior in every way."
(d) "Another self."

Short Answer Questions

1. As said in "Wine and Milk," wine is to the French as what is to the Dutch?

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

3. "In France, drunkenness is a _____." How is this quote from "Wine and Milk" finished?

4. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is an emblem of what?

5. How old is the subject of the trial in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How is the opening claim in "Neither-Nor Criticism" that "criticism must be 'neither a parlour game, nor a municipal service'" affect the remainder of the article?

4. What is the literary device Verne created?

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

6. What is the authors ultimate issue with "The Blue Guide"?

7. How is it assumed the author is referring to astronauts when he says "the Jet-Man"?

8. What does the author note is the difference between cartoons and photographs of Einstein? What is the significance of Einstein being featured in cartoons?

9. Why are the "Ornamental Cookery" images in Elle magazine put fourth in vain?

10. How can bourgeois toys be be recognized?

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