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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 "Myth on the Right," what does the bourgeoisie want to keep with the appearances?
(a) Politics.
(b) Fantasy.
(c) Aristocracy.
(d) Reality.

2. "The _____ of myth presents itself in an ambiguous way." How is this quote from "The Form and the Concept" finished?
(a) Creator.
(b) Signifier.
(c) Speaker.
(d) User.

3. What is the subject of the headline mentioned in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?
(a) The price of vegetables.
(b) The change in language.
(c) The effects of war.
(d) The price of milk.

4. "______, myth is on the right." How is this quote finished?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Usually.
(c) Statistically.
(d) Essentially.

5. In "Reading and Deciphering Myth" the author says the saluting soldier used as a reference in other sections is an example of what?
(a) French attitude.
(b) French endurance.
(c) French struggle.
(d) French imperiality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a significant unit or synthesis mentioned by the author in "Myth is a Type of Speech"?

2. What is a "regressive semiological system," according to "Myth is a Stolen Language"?

3. Plastic is "ubiquity made ____." How is this quote from "Plastic" finished?

4. In "Myth on the Left" what is the opposite of myth?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the woman in "Striptease" an object in disguise? What is the point of this?

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

3. What is semiology?

4. What are the three ways in which one can understand the myth in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

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

6. What is "the inoculation"?

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

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

9. Why does Marguerite only send the audience "to sleep" in "The Lady of the Camellias"?

10. What language is not mythical according to "Myth on the Left?" Why?

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