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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author say culture will be opposed to in "Neither-Nor Criticism"?
(a) Race.
(b) Elitists.
(c) Ideologies.
(d) Mass-productions.

2. Which popular cartoon character is mentioned in "Wine and Milk"?
(a) Donald Duck.
(b) Superman.
(c) Popeye.
(d) Winnie the Pooh.

3. What is on Einstein's head in the photograph where he is lying down in on a bed, referred to in "The Brain of Einstein"?
(a) A scarf.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Electric wires.
(d) A hat.

4. How old is the subject of the trial in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"?
(a) Forty.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Sixty.
(d) Eighty.

5. What sort of wrestling does the author define as portraying the ongoing battles between character types in, "The World of Wrestling"?
(a) British wrestling.
(b) French wrestling.
(c) American wrestling.
(d) Russian wrestling.

6. The author makes the statement that a wrestler is ________ "in broad daylight and in the sight of all"?
(a) Humiliated.
(b) Crucified.
(c) Tortured.
(d) Murdered.

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

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

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

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

11. "Criticism must be neither a parlour game, nor a _____." How is this quote from "Neither-Nor Criticism" finished?
(a) Act of consciousness.
(b) Deed of envy.
(c) Housewife chore.
(d) Municipal service.

12. Which king is compared to writers in "The Writer on Holiday"?
(a) Henry IV.
(b) Louis XIV.
(c) Edward III.
(d) Richard II.

13. "Your ____ will be furious!" How is this quote from "Operation Margarine" finished?
(a) Father.
(b) Uncle.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Mother.

14. Which fictional children's character(s) is/are referred to in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?
(a) Bugs Bunny.
(b) Rocky and Bullwinkle.
(c) Felix the Cat.
(d) Punch and Judy.

15. Who is "a fifty-year-old with an obese and sagging body"?
(a) Harlequin.
(b) Mazaud.
(c) Orsano.
(d) Thauvin.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat," the ship is an emblem of what?

2. What pop-culture icon is Garbo contrasted to in "The Face of Garbo"?

3. "Chips are ____ and ____ like steak." How is this quote finished from "Steak and Chips"?

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

5. According to the author in "Neither-Nor Criticism," which of the following isn't "heavy, defective words"?

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