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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. "The spiritualization can be seen in the extent, the quality and the material of the _____." How is this quote from "The New Citroen" finished?

2. In "Reading and Deciphering Myth" the author says the saluting soldier used as a reference in other sections is an example of what?

3. In "Myth on the Right," what does the bourgeoisie want to keep with the appearances?

4. The workers mentioned in "The Great Family of Men" of the Goutte d'Or are from where?

5. The author says that the main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" sends the audience to where?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is "the inoculation"?

2. How is plastic a "miraculous substance," according to the author in "Plastic"?

3. Why does the author say that poetry is ideal prey for myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?

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

5. 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?

6. Why does Marguerite only send the audience "to sleep" in "The Lady of the Camellias"?

7. How must one understand the term "political" in "Myth is Depoliticized Speech"?

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

9. What does the author suggest is characteristic of myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is wrestling a mirror of real life? Who are the "players" of wrestling that are frequent characters of the world in which we live? How is this merger of these characters with violence relevant to our society?

Essay Topic 3

How is mythology vital to people? How is it vital to language? Why is mythology important to study?

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