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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. Who is Garbo?

2. What other famous author does Barthes compare misunderstandings in language to in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?

3. What does the author argue takes precedence over the human life in "The Blue Guide"?

4. Which of the following does the author say is impossible to ignore for the bourgeois with regard to art history in "The Blue Guide"?

5. Where was this meeting on soaps mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How are steak and chips (i.e. French fries) alike?

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

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

8. From reading "Ornamental Cookery," why would you say that Elle creates such a grandiose food section for a working-class readership?

9. 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?

10. What is the literary device Verne created?

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 is Einstein's role in our culture? What has changed about him as a myth since he died? How is he appreciated and what for? What are the two camps of regarding his thought process, according to the author?

Essay Topic 3

How can myths and communication be used unfairly? What examples of this are there from the book?

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