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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 does the author say the world supplies to myth in "Myth is Depoliticized Speech"?
(a) Historical reality.
(b) Cultural adherence.
(c) Definition.
(d) Ability of usage.

2. As per the opening statement, "Striptease" emphasizes which city?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) Prague.
(d) Nice.

3. The author says that the main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" lives in the awareness of what?
(a) Her pride.
(b) Her selflessness.
(c) Her selfishness.
(d) Her alienation.

4. The workers mentioned in "The Great Family of Men" of the Goutte d'Or are from where?
(a) South Africa.
(b) Lebanon.
(c) Northern Africa.
(d) Paris.

5. In "The Great Family of Men," what is "The Family of Men" the author discusses?
(a) A photography exhibit.
(b) A book of photography.
(c) A painting.
(d) A film.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is a producer of myths, as said in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

2. In "Myth is a Stolen Language," what offers little resistance to robbery by myth"?

3. According to the author, what is striptease to France?

4. "Myth is a type of speech chosen by ______." How is this quote finished?

5. According to "Myth as a Stolen Language," language cannot possibly be realistic or what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is history's role concerning myth as a type of speech, according to "Myth is a Type of Speech"?

2. In myth, what is the tri-dimensional pattern described by the author in "Myth as a Semiological System?" What is the title the author gives to the system that existed before the myth?

3. Does the author admit there are revolts against the bourgeois ideology in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"? What is it called?

4. What allows the reader of "Reading and Deciphering Myth" to consume myth innocently?

5. How does the author suggest class and progressive humanism differ from one another in "The Great Family of Man"?

6. How do the ways that Marguerite and Armand feel love differ from one another in "The Lady of the Camellias"?

7. What is semiology?

8. What is "the inoculation"?

9. Why does the author say that poetry is ideal prey for myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?

10. How must one understand the term "political" in "Myth is Depoliticized Speech"?

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