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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. Which types of toys is the author more fond of?

2. Which of the following is not what the author argues convicted the defendant in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

3. What does the author suggest is saintly about the Abbe Pierre?

4. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is a symbol of what?

5. How is a writer's holiday different from another tradesman according to the author in "The Writer on Holiday"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the differences in the hair-styles of Portia and Calpurnia in "The Romans in Films," and what do they suggest?

2. 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?

3. "Hitch the greatness of the former to the triumph of the latter." To what does this quote from "Operation Margarine" apply?

4. How does royalty dress in "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise"? What does this say of the royal families?

5. What is the literature of repletion in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"? What does it lead to?

6. How was Dominici convicted of his crime in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

7. What is the significance of eating steak rare in "Steak and Chips"?

8. How does the author introduce holidays in "The Writer on Holiday"?

9. 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?

10. Why is it that the writer works on holiday important?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does modern culture create superficial notions in its art? What does this suggest of the world that creates this art? How is it different than art of the past?

Essay Topic 2

What is the media's responsibility to mythology? How do they shape/manipulate it? Is this able to be ignored? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What are the different ways to understand myth? Who decides how to do so and how?

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