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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 "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company," what term does the author first examine?
(a) Myth.
(b) Money.
(c) Bourgeoisie.
(d) Object.

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

3. In "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company," what is the characterization of an unchanging humanity?
(a) Its identity.
(b) Its titles.
(c) Its cultural issues.
(d) Its signifiers.

4. 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 struggle.
(b) French imperiality.
(c) French attitude.
(d) French endurance.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not an animal the lion will not share his hunted food with in "The Form and the Concept."

2. Which of the following is not part of the function of a myth in "Myth is a Semiological System"?

3. "The _____ of myth presents itself in an ambiguous way." How is this quote from "The Form and the Concept" finished?

4. According to "Myth is a Type of Speech," myth is a system of what?

5. In "Myth is a Stolen Language," what is characteristic of myth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is semiology?

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

4. Why does the author believe cars have become the modern equivalent of Gothic cathedrals in "The New Citroen"?

5. In "The Form and the Concept," how is it the author suggests the signifier of myth is presented?

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

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

8. What is "the inoculation"?

9. How does the author suggest that myth seeks after him (or you or I) in "The Signification"?

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

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