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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. What language is not mythical according to "Myth on the Left"?
(a) Man as a hunter.
(b) Journalism.
(c) Man as storyteller.
(d) Man as a producer.

2. Which of the following is not an animal the lion will not share his hunted food with in "The Form and the Concept."
(a) A goat.
(b) A heifer.
(c) A sheep.
(d) A cow.

3. What is one of the functions of myth in "Myth is Depoliticized Speech"?
(a) Talk about objects.
(b) Create objects.
(c) Use objects.
(d) Deny objects.

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

5. Which of the following is not part of the whole system of values for a myth in "The Form and the Concept"?
(a) A morality.
(b) An audiology.
(c) A geography.
(d) A history.

Short Answer Questions

1. "The relation which reunites the concept of the myth to its meaning is essentially a relation of ____." How is this quote from "The Form and the Concept" finished?

2. Which of the following is not a Greek shepherd in "Plastic"?

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

4. Who is a producer of myths, as said in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

5. According to the author in "The Great Family of Men," Nature is placed where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "the inoculation"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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