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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1, Part 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What food is Einstein's mental process compared to making in "The Brain of Einstein"?
(a) Pizza.
(b) Steak.
(c) Stuffed peppers.
(d) Sausages.

2. According to the author, French toys always mean what?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Trouble.
(c) Something.
(d) Nothing.

3. The author argues that French toys "are meant to produce children who are users, not ____." How is this quote finished?
(a) Doers.
(b) Thinkers.
(c) Creators.
(d) Visualizers.

4. Which of the following is not one of the things the author says of steak in "Steak and Chips"?
(a) "The reason there is supper."
(b) "The comfortable bourgeois meal."
(c) "The bachelor's bohemian snack."
(d) "A part of all the rhythms."

5. What river is referenced in the first sentence of "The Writer on Holiday?"
(a) Amazon.
(b) Thames.
(c) Congo.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What food is made with margarine in the advertisement referenced by the author in "Operation Margarine"?

2. Which of the following is not a dish the author mentions in the first paragraph of "Ornamental Cooking"?

3. The author makes the statement that a wrestler is ________ "in broad daylight and in the sight of all"?

4. What film is mentioned in the first paragraph of "The Romans in Films"?

5. "Wine is here a part of the reason of _____." How is this quote from "Wine and Milk" finished?

(see the answer key)

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