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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. In "Myth is a Stolen Language," what offers little resistance to robbery by myth"?
2. "The spiritualization can be seen in the extent, the quality and the material of the _____." How is this quote from "The New Citroen" finished?
3. What flowers does the author use to signify his passion in "Myth is a Semiological System"?
4. Who is a producer of myths, as said in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?
5. In "Myth on the Right," what does the bourgeoisie want to keep with the appearances?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the three ways in which one can understand the myth in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?
2. What is "the inoculation"?
3. What allows the reader of "Reading and Deciphering Myth" to consume myth innocently?
4. How does the author suggest class and progressive humanism differ from one another in "The Great Family of Man"?
5. What does the author suggest is characteristic of myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?
6. Why does the author say that poetry is ideal prey for myth in "Myth as a Stolen Language"?
7. What language is not mythical according to "Myth on the Left?" Why?
8. Why does Marguerite only send the audience "to sleep" in "The Lady of the Camellias"?
9. What is history's role concerning myth as a type of speech, according to "Myth is a Type of Speech"?
10. Does the author admit there are revolts against the bourgeois ideology in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"? What is it called?
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
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
Compare and contrast the author's comments on East vs. West living.
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