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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battle between good and evil in "The World of Wrestling"?
2. Though the author says "Jet-Man," to what profession is it assumed he is referring?
3. What magazine is the reference point for "Ornamental Cooking"?
4. "Which phrase concludes "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?
5. As said in "Wine and Milk," wine is to the French as what is to the Dutch?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the opposite of "The Nautilus"?
2. In "Blind and Dumb Criticism," why would a critic admitting that he is not scholarly enough to comment appropriately on the work at hand be toxic to a culture?
3. What are the differences in the hair-styles of Portia and Calpurnia in "The Romans in Films," and what do they suggest?
4. How does royalty dress in "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise"? What does this say of the royal families?
5. What does the author say Garbo's beauty suggests of culture?
6. Who is the writer discussed in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"? What is Barthes opinion of this writer's ambitions?
7. From reading "Ornamental Cookery," why would you say that Elle creates such a grandiose food section for a working-class readership?
8. How was Dominici convicted of his crime in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?
9. How can bourgeois toys be be recognized?
10. What does the author compare Garbo's makeup to? What male personality is she compared to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How can photography be used in elections? How are people manipulated through this process?
Essay Topic 2
What does the author say of writers as figures? Do you agree or disagree? Is there anyone else who deserves the same consideration more than writers? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
How is beauty an important form of myth? How is it decided what beauty is? What examples from the book are there of this?
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