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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was this meeting on soaps mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?
(a) London.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Paris.
(d) New York.

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

3. What film is mentioned in "The Face of Garbo"?
(a) All About Eve.
(b) Les Miserables.
(c) Queen Christina.
(d) La Strada.

4. Ultimately, what is the destiny of the writers in the magazine article mentioned in "Novels and Children"?
(a) What what is best for their children.
(b) Write for their children.
(c) Write what is natural.
(d) Produce children.

5. What is the associated social status of the referenced actor in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
(a) Poor.
(b) Middle class.
(c) Working class.
(d) Working class and poor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What writer does Barthes discuss the work of in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

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

3. "Which phrase concludes "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

4. What does the ship become in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

5. Though the author says "Jet-Man," to what profession is it assumed he is referring?

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