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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 is the characterization of an unchanging humanity?
(a) Its identity.
(b) Its cultural issues.
(c) Its titles.
(d) Its signifiers.

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

3. Plastic is "ubiquity made ____." How is this quote from "Plastic" finished?
(a) Simple.
(b) Modern.
(c) Visible.
(d) Affordable.

4. In "Myth is a Stolen Language," what is characteristic of myth?
(a) "To create a meaning for an object."
(b) "To transform a meaning into form."
(c) "To connect objects into form."
(d) "To transform a form into meaning."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company," what term does the author first examine?

2. In "Reading and Deciphering Myth" the author says the saluting soldier used as a reference in other sections is an example of what?

3. What flowers does the author use to signify his passion in "Myth is a Semiological System"?

4. The main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" cannot see herself as anything but "that of ornament in the museum of the _____." How is this quote finished?

5. What is the final example in "Plastic" of the material's infringement on nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "the inoculation"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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