Mythologies Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Mythologies Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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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 is on Einstein's head in the photograph where he is lying down in on a bed, referred to in "The Brain of Einstein"?

2. What is the second sign in "The Romans in Films"?

3. What is the "easy substitute" for the morally uplifting walk, in "The Blue Guide"?

4. With what quote does "Neither-Nor Critcism" conclude?

5. Which Roman character does the author point out has wild, unkempt hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the function of wrestling according to "The World of Wrestling?" What does the author contrast this to? Why is this the function of wrestling?

2. What is the difference between "culture" and "ideologies" in "Neither-Nor Criticism"?

3. What does the author say Garbo's beauty suggests of culture?

4. What does the author compare Garbo's makeup to? What male personality is she compared to?

5. What is the authors ultimate issue with "The Blue Guide"?

6. How is it assumed the author is referring to astronauts when he says "the Jet-Man"?

7. Why does the author speak ill of men as 'types' in "The Blue Guide"?

8. What is Charlie Chaplin presenting to audiences in the film "Modern Times"?

9. Why are the "Ornamental Cookery" images in Elle magazine put fourth in vain?

10. How is drunkenness different in France than other nations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was relevant of "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise?" How is the attitude of the royalty the same as the attitude of common people? What does this attitude say of the royalty who holds it? What does the connection between royalty and the common people because of this attitude suggest of humanity?

Essay Topic 2

What journalism/literature devalues the human experience, according to the author? How and why do people let this happen?

Essay Topic 3

How is wrestling a mirror of real life? Who are the "players" of wrestling that are frequent characters of the world in which we live? How is this merger of these characters with violence relevant to our society?

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