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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 part of the whole system of values for a myth in "The Form and the Concept"?

2. What is the subject of the headline mentioned in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

3. What is one of the best methods against myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?

4. What flowers does the author use to signify his passion in "Myth is a Semiological System"?

5. What is an example of a class ritual in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author believe cars have become the modern equivalent of Gothic cathedrals in "The New Citroen"?

2. How does the author suggest class and progressive humanism differ from one another in "The Great Family of Man"?

3. How do the ways that Marguerite and Armand feel love differ from one another in "The Lady of the Camellias"?

4. Does the author admit there are revolts against the bourgeois ideology in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"? What is it called?

5. How does the author suggest that myth seeks after him (or you or I) in "The Signification"?

6. What is "the inoculation"?

7. In myth, what is the tri-dimensional pattern described by the author in "Myth as a Semiological System?" What is the title the author gives to the system that existed before the myth?

8. In "The Form and the Concept," how is it the author suggests the signifier of myth is presented?

9. In "Myth is a Type of Speech" what does the author say that myth is? What does he say that a form of speech is?

10. What allows the reader of "Reading and Deciphering Myth" to consume myth innocently?

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

How does modern culture create superficial notions in its art? What does this suggest of the world that creates this art? How is it different than art of the past?

Essay Topic 3

What was relevant of "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise?" How is the attitude of the royalty the same as the attitude of common people? What does this attitude say of the royalty who holds it? What does the connection between royalty and the common people because of this attitude suggest of humanity?

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