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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 argue takes precedence over the human life in "The Blue Guide"?
2. What meal does the author compare a writer's liking to in "The Writer on Holiday"?
3. Finish the following statement from "Toys": "The adult Frenchman sees the child as ______."
4. Which of the following is not "a certain young novelists...liking" in "The Writer on Holiday"?
5. Which Roman character does the author point out has wild, unkempt hair?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. How can bourgeois toys be be recognized?
3. What is the sexist irony of "Novels and Children"?
4. "Hitch the greatness of the former to the triumph of the latter." To what does this quote from "Operation Margarine" apply?
5. How are steak and chips (i.e. French fries) alike?
6. 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?
7. What are the metaphorical roles of the different types of "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
8. How does the author argue Einstein's brain is presented in popular culture?
9. What is the difference between "culture" and "ideologies" in "Neither-Nor Criticism"?
10. Why is it that the writer works on holiday important?
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
What are the different ways to understand myth? Who decides how to do so and how?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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