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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What passion of children does Barthes compare the themes of the discussed author to in "The Nautilus and the Drunken Boat"?

2. "______ for Schelling." How is this quote from "The Brain of Einstein finished"?

3. What is the second sign in "The Romans in Films"?

4. Where was this meeting on soaps mentioned in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?

5. What film is mentioned in "The Face of Garbo"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the metaphorical roles of the different types of "Soap Powders and Detergents"?

2. Why is it that the writer works on holiday important?

3. What is the authors ultimate issue with "The Blue Guide"?

4. How are "The Nautilus" and "Mysterious Island" similar and different?

5. What is the significance of eating steak rare in "Steak and Chips"?

6. What is Charlie Chaplin presenting to audiences in the film "Modern Times"?

7. What image of wine does the author create in the beginning of "Wine and Milk"?

8. What is the literary device Verne created?

9. How does royalty dress in "The 'Blue Blood' Cruise"? What does this say of the royal families?

10. How does Abbe Pierre's haircut a juncture of meeting points and definitions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is a "Jet-Man?" What are peoples' attitudes towards him? What do these attitudes reflect of the people who hold them? How is the "Jet-Man" different than most people and how is he the same?

Essay Topic 2

Where can mythology be seen in the mundane (Think "Soap Powders and Detergents.")? How is using myths for everyday products/issues important/irrelevant in your opinion? What does doing so mean of the people who do it?

Essay Topic 3

How does modern culture create superficial notions in its art? What does this suggest of the world that creates this art? How is it different than art of the past?

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