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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 does the author say is impossible to ignore for the bourgeois with regard to art history in "The Blue Guide"?
2. In "Wine and Milk," what is the opposite of wine?
3. Who does the author say would not "know" the Jet-Man?
4. What did Queen Frederika wear in "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise"?
5. Which of the following is not "a certain young novelists...liking" in "The Writer on Holiday"?
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 opposite of "The Nautilus"?
3. 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?
4. The evil that the author speaks of in "Operation Margarine," where else does he say it is present, beyond the Army and the Church? What example does he use?
5. How does the author argue Einstein's brain is presented in popular culture?
6. What are the differences in the hair-styles of Portia and Calpurnia in "The Romans in Films," and what do they suggest?
7. Why are the "Ornamental Cookery" images in Elle magazine put fourth in vain?
8. What is the literature of repletion in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"? What does it lead to?
9. What is particularly special of the "Jet-Man"?
10. What is the sexist irony of "Novels and Children"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is beauty an important form of myth? How is it decided what beauty is? What examples from the book are there of this?
Essay Topic 2
How can myths and communication be used unfairly? What examples of this are there from the book?
Essay Topic 3
What non-living objects does the author give life to in "Mythologies?" Of which examples is the author's tone positive and which negative?
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