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

2. What is a "regressive semiological system," according to "Myth is a Stolen Language"?

3. As per the opening statement, "Striptease" emphasizes which city?

4. According to the author in "The Great Family of Men," Nature is placed where?

5. In "Myth is Depoliticized Speech," how does myth act in the passing from history to nature?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author believe cars have become the modern equivalent of Gothic cathedrals in "The New Citroen"?

2. How does the author suggest class and progressive humanism differ from one another in "The Great Family of Man"?

3. What is semiology?

4. Does the author admit there are revolts against the bourgeois ideology in "The Bourgeoisie as a Joint-Stock Company"? What is it called?

5. In myth, what is the tri-dimensional pattern described by the author in "Myth as a Semiological System?" What is the title the author gives to the system that existed before the myth?

6. What is "the inoculation"?

7. In "Myth is a Type of Speech" what does the author say that myth is? What does he say that a form of speech is?

8. How does the author suggest that myth seeks after him (or you or I) in "The Signification"?

9. What are the three ways in which one can understand the myth in "Reading and Deciphering Myth"?

10. What allows the reader of "Reading and Deciphering Myth" to consume myth innocently?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is mythology vital to people? How is it vital to language? Why is mythology important to study?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

How is wrestling a mirror of real life? Who are the "players" of wrestling that are frequent characters of the world in which we live? How is this merger of these characters with violence relevant to our society?

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