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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. Which fictional children's character(s) is/are referred to in "The Poor and the Proletariat"?

2. Which of the following is not a "type" of man according to the author in "The Blue Guide"?

3. The author claims that according to the magazine article in "Novels and Children," women are what sort of species?

4. How does the author describe bleach products in "Soap Powders and Detergents"?

5. What American mixture does the author perplex over in "Wine and Milk"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the author argue Einstein's brain is presented in popular culture?

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

3. What does the author say Garbo's beauty suggests of culture?

4. What is the literature of repletion in "Dominici, or the Triumph of Literature"? What does it lead to?

5. Why are the "Ornamental Cookery" images in Elle magazine put fourth in vain?

6. What is the difference between "culture" and "ideologies" in "Neither-Nor Criticism"?

7. What is particularly special of the "Jet-Man"?

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

9. What are the two signs that are discussed in "The Romans in Films?" What do they suggest of Roman and modern culture?

10. How is fairness apart of wrestling?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does the author say of writers as figures? Do you agree or disagree? Is there anyone else who deserves the same consideration more than writers? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

What journalism/literature devalues the human experience, according to the author? How and why do people let this happen?

Essay Topic 3

What is Einstein's role in our culture? What has changed about him as a myth since he died? How is he appreciated and what for? What are the two camps of regarding his thought process, according to the author?

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