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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. Above all in "Myth on the Left," myth is what?
(a) Evolutionary to the needs of society.
(b) Unchangeable.
(c) A facade.
(d) Poverty-stricken.

2. "Myth is not defined by _____." How is this quote from "Myth is a Type of Speech" finished?
(a) "The principles of its speech."
(b) "The subject its communicators."
(c) "The object of its meaning."
(d) "The object of its message."

3. According to "Myth as a Stolen Language," language cannot possibly be realistic or what?
(a) Changed.
(b) Avoided.
(c) Used.
(d) Unrealistic.

4. According to "The Form and the Concept" what is the second term of the system in Freud?
(a) The implied meaning of the myth.
(b) The latent meaning of the dream.
(c) The implied meaning of the dream.
(d) The latent meaning of the myth.

5. The author says that the main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" sends the audience to where?
(a) Analyze.
(b) Adjust.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Think.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject of the headline mentioned in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

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

3. In "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company," what is the characterization of an unchanging humanity?

4. What is an example of a class ritual in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is plastic a "miraculous substance," according to the author in "Plastic"?

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

3. In "Myth is a Type of Speech" what does the author say that myth is? What does he say that a form of speech is?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the author suggest is characteristic of myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?

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