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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 film is mentioned in "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) Queen Christina.
(b) La Strada.
(c) Les Miserables.
(d) All About Eve.

2. Which types of toys is the author more fond of?
(a) Plush.
(b) Plastic.
(c) Wooden.
(d) Homemade.

3. According to the author, French toys always mean what?
(a) Something.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Nothing.

4. What does the ship become in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
(a) A wandering vessel.
(b) A conscience for man.
(c) A true myth.
(d) A traveling eye.

5. The author argues that French toys "are meant to produce children who are users, not ____." How is this quote finished?
(a) Visualizers.
(b) Thinkers.
(c) Doers.
(d) Creators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What meal does the author compare a writer's liking to in "The Writer on Holiday"?

2. "Which phrase concludes "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

3. The author claims that according to the magazine article in "Novels and Children," women are what sort of species?

4. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battles between character types in, "The World of Wrestling"?

5. In "Wine and Milk," what is the opposite of wine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Abbe Pierre's haircut a juncture of meeting points and definitions?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the sexist irony of "Novels and Children"?

10. What is the significance of eating steak rare in "Steak and Chips"?

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