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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. "Myth is not defined by _____." How is this quote from "Myth is a Type of Speech" finished?
2. Which of the following is not a significant unit or synthesis mentioned by the author in "Myth is a Type of Speech"?
3. According to "Myth as a Stolen Language," language cannot possibly be realistic or what?
4. In "Myth is a Type of Speech," the author claims that myth is a form. Which of the following is NOT something he says must be assigned to this form?
5. Plastic is "ubiquity made ____." How is this quote from "Plastic" finished?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author suggest that myth seeks after him (or you or I) in "The Signification"?
2. What is history's role concerning myth as a type of speech, according to "Myth is a Type of Speech"?
3. Why does the author believe cars have become the modern equivalent of Gothic cathedrals in "The New Citroen"?
4. 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?
5. How must one understand the term "political" in "Myth is Depoliticized Speech"?
6. Why does Marguerite only send the audience "to sleep" in "The Lady of the Camellias"?
7. What is "the inoculation"?
8. Why does the author say that poetry is ideal prey for myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?
9. What allows the reader of "Reading and Deciphering Myth" to consume myth innocently?
10. How is plastic a "miraculous substance," according to the author in "Plastic"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What myths/objects are nationalistic in French culture? Why are myths important to the French, specifically? How is the author eager to exemplify what is French and what is not in the book?
Essay Topic 2
What does the author say of writers as figures? Do you agree or disagree? Is there anyone else who deserves the same consideration more than writers? Why or why not?
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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