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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. "Myth is not defined by _____." How is this quote from "Myth is a Type of Speech" finished?
3. "A ____ decor complete with _____." How is this quote from Striptease finished?
4. Above all in "Myth on the Left," myth is what?
5. Which of the following is not part of the function of a myth in "Myth is a Semiological System"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is "the inoculation"?
2. What allows the reader of "Reading and Deciphering Myth" to consume myth innocently?
3. How does the author suggest that myth seeks after him (or you or I) in "The Signification"?
4. What are the three ways in which one can understand the myth in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?
5. How is plastic a "miraculous substance," according to the author in "Plastic"?
6. What does the author suggest is characteristic of myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?
7. How is the woman in "Striptease" an object in disguise? What is the point of this?
8. Does the author admit there are revolts against the bourgeois ideology in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"? What is it called?
9. What is history's role concerning myth as a type of speech, according to "Myth is a Type of Speech"?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
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
What are the different ways to understand myth? Who decides how to do so and how?
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