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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 is the name of the international meeting on soap mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
(a) The World's Fair of Soaps and Body Cleaners.
(b) International Detergent, Soap, Cleanser and Cleaner Expo.
(c) Word Detergent Congress.
(d) The Universal Cleanser Alliance and Assembly.

2. The author says that writer he discusses in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat" creates a world that needs only what to exist?
(a) Isolation.
(b) Ships.
(c) Itself.
(d) Man.

3. Which of the following is not something the author says the ship grows past being in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) An object that is used.
(b) An object that is owned.
(c) A box.
(d) A habitat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a title of an outside work referenced in "Operation Margarine"?

2. Which of the following is not a dish the author mentions in the first paragraph of "Ornamental Cooking"?

3. What pop-culture icon is Garbo contrasted to in "The Face of Garbo"?

4. What did Queen Frederika wear in "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise"?

5. Who does the author compare wrestlers to in the final paragraph of "The World of Wrestling"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How can bourgeois toys be be recognized?

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

5. What is the function of wrestling according to "The World of Wrestling?" What does the author contrast this to? Why is this the function of wrestling?

6. What are the two signs that are discussed in "The Romans in Films?" What do they suggest of Roman and modern culture?

7. How is fairness apart of wrestling?

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

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

10. What is the difference between "culture" and "ideologies" in "Neither-Nor Criticism"?

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