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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an example of a class ritual in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"?
(a) A big wedding.
(b) Extravagant parties.
(c) Exotic holidays.
(d) Driving expensive automobiles.

2. What flowers does the author use to signify his passion in "Myth is a Semiological System"?
(a) Orchids.
(b) Lilies.
(c) Roses.
(d) Daisies.

3. "A ____ decor complete with _____." How is this quote from Striptease finished?
(a) British, lilies.
(b) Roman, ivy.
(c) Chinese, bamboo.
(d) Venetian, gondola.

4. Which of the following is not a significant unit or synthesis mentioned by the author in "Myth is a Type of Speech"?
(a) Speech.
(b) Language.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Discourse.

5. As per the opening statement, "Striptease" emphasizes which city?
(a) Prague.
(b) London.
(c) Nice.
(d) Paris.

6. "______, myth is on the right." How is this quote finished?
(a) Rarely.
(b) Essentially.
(c) Statistically.
(d) Usually.

7. Mythology is a part of semiology in what way according to "Myth as a Semiological System"?
(a) That it is a formal science.
(b) It is regulated by the definitions of objects.
(c) It is a philosophy.
(d) It can only be used to break down barriers.

8. In "Myth on the Right," what does the bourgeoisie want to keep with the appearances?
(a) Reality.
(b) Politics.
(c) Fantasy.
(d) Aristocracy.

9. "Myth is not defined by _____." How is this quote from "Myth is a Type of Speech" finished?
(a) "The subject its communicators."
(b) "The principles of its speech."
(c) "The object of its meaning."
(d) "The object of its message."

10. The author says that the main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" lives in the awareness of what?
(a) Her selflessness.
(b) Her alienation.
(c) Her pride.
(d) Her selfishness.

11. "Myth is a type of speech chosen by ______." How is this quote finished?
(a) History.
(b) Popular culture.
(c) Communicators.
(d) Science.

12. Which type of photograph "suggests the tyranny of an ideal" in "Photography and Electoral Appeal"?
(a) A three quarter face.
(b) Profile.
(c) Close up.
(d) Full on.

13. What is the main character's lover's name in "The Lady of the Camellias"?
(a) Pierre.
(b) Jean-Paul.
(c) Armande.
(d) Antoinne.

14. In "Myth is a Type of Speech" what happens to certain objects that become prey to mythical speech?
(a) They are only reencountered by scholars.
(b) They eventually will recirculate.
(c) They are forgotten, they have no place in modernity.
(d) They disappear, and other objects take their place.

15. How does "Myth as Stolen Language" conclude?
(a) "One must deal with the writer's realism either as an ideological substance or as a semiological value."
(b) "The mistake which is constantly made is to confuse them."
(c) "The ideal of course would be to combine these two types of criticism."
(d) "Ideology has its methods, and so has semiology."

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Myth on the Left" what is the opposite of myth?

2. The main character of "The Lady of the Camellias" cannot see herself as anything but "that of ornament in the museum of the _____." How is this quote finished?

3. In "Myth is a Type of Speech," the author claims that myth is a form. Which of the following is NOT something he says must be assigned to this form?

4. Who is a producer of myths, as said in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

5. In "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company," what is the characterization of an unchanging humanity?

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