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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Part 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author sees toys as doing what to children?
(a) Inspiring.
(b) Conditioning.
(c) Spoiling.
(d) Helping.

2. What film is mentioned in the first paragraph of "The Romans in Films"?
(a) Cleopatra.
(b) The Ten Commandments.
(c) Julius Caesar.
(d) Spartacus.

3. Which Roman character does the author point out has wild, unkempt hair?
(a) Antonia.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Mercedes.
(d) Portia.

4. Finish the following statement from "Toys": "The adult Frenchman sees the child as ______."
(a) "Unable to comprehend meaning in most issues."
(b) "Spirited, yet unrefined"
(c) "Another self."
(d) "Inferior in every way."

5. Who is the inspiration for "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?
(a) Jean-Paul Dominici.
(b) Dominci Christ.
(c) Dominici Costello.
(d) Gaston Dominci.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author suggest holidays originate from?

2. What meal does the author compare a writer's liking to in "The Writer on Holiday"?

3. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battles between character types in, "The World of Wrestling"?

4. Which of the following is not an object mentioned in "The 'Blue Blood" Cruise"?

5. What did the face of Valentino cause, as per "The Face of Garbo"?

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