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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 of the following is not a dish the author mentions in the first paragraph of "Ornamental Cooking"?

2. What film is mentioned in the first paragraph of "The Romans in Films"?

3. "Chips are ____ and ____ like steak." How is this quote finished from "Steak and Chips"?

4. "Your ____ will be furious!" How is this quote from "Operation Margarine" finished?

5. How does the author describe how fast "the Jet-Man" travels?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the literary device Verne created?

2. Who is the writer discussed in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"? What is Barthes opinion of this writer's ambitions?

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

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

5. How does the author argue Einstein's brain is presented in popular culture?

6. 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?

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

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

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. What is particularly special of the "Jet-Man"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss the themes of Jules Verne. How does his writing mirror man's habits, processes and attitudes? How doesn't it?

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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