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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 does the author claim is wine's power in "Wine and Milk"?
2. Which of the following is not a sign of apostleship in "The Iconography of Abbe Pierre"?
3. What pop-culture icon is Garbo contrasted to in "The Face of Garbo"?
4. What word does the author say is used by "Neither-Nor" critics in a tone of "alacrity"?
5. How does the author describe how fast "the Jet-Man" travels?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of eating steak rare in "Steak and Chips"?
2. What image of wine does the author create in the beginning of "Wine and Milk"?
3. How is drunkenness different in France than other nations?
4. What is the sexist irony of "Novels and Children"?
5. What does the author note is the difference between cartoons and photographs of Einstein? What is the significance of Einstein being featured in cartoons?
6. What are "Toys," according to the author?
7. What does the author say Garbo's beauty suggests of culture?
8. "Hitch the greatness of the former to the triumph of the latter." To what does this quote from "Operation Margarine" apply?
9. How is the opening claim in "Neither-Nor Criticism" that "criticism must be 'neither a parlour game, nor a municipal service'" affect the remainder of the article?
10. How is it assumed the author is referring to astronauts when he says "the Jet-Man"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What non-living objects does the author give life to in "Mythologies?" Of which examples is the author's tone positive and which negative?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
What does the author say of critics? Who are critics to him and why are they relevant/irrelevant? What are the themes of the essays he writes specifically about critics? How are these essays similar/different to others in the book?
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