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

2. What is the profession of the father of the male lover in "The Lady of the Camellias"?
(a) Army officer.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Tax collector.

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

4. What is one of the best methods against myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?
(a) Write against the need for the myth.
(b) Obstruct the acknowledging of a myths purpose.
(c) Produce an artificial myth.
(d) Study the particular myth's need to exist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In "Myth is a Type of Speech" what happens to certain objects that become prey to mythical speech?

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

4. What is the main character's name in "The Lady of the Camellias"?

5. Which of the following is not a general prospect of the pseudo-physis of the dreams of the contemporary bourgeois world?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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