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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 fictional children's character(s) is/are referred to in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
2. What food is made with margarine in the advertisement referenced by the author in "Operation Margarine"?
3. How does the author refer to the magazine he writes of in "Ornamental Cooking"?
4. In "Wine and Milk," what is the opposite of wine?
5. What is the first sign of "The Romans in Films"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are "Toys," according to the author?
2. What image of wine does the author create in the beginning of "Wine and Milk"?
3. What is the difference between "culture" and "ideologies" in "Neither-Nor Criticism"?
4. 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?
5. "Hitch the greatness of the former to the triumph of the latter." To what does this quote from "Operation Margarine" apply?
6. What is particularly special of the "Jet-Man"?
7. What are the two signs that are discussed in "The Romans in Films?" What do they suggest of Roman and modern culture?
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 literary device Verne created?
10. What is the literature of repletion in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"? What does it lead to?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How can myths and communication be used unfairly? What examples of this are there from the book?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Where can mythology be seen in the mundane (Think "Soap Powders and Detergents.")? How is using myths for everyday products/issues important/irrelevant in your opinion? What does doing so mean of the people who do it?
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