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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. "Myth is not defined by _____." How is this quote from "Myth is a Type of Speech" finished?

2. According to "Myth is a Type of Speech," myth is a system of what?

3. What language is not mythical according to "Myth on the Left"?

4. In "Myth is a Stolen Language," what is characteristic of myth?

5. Which of the following is not a Greek shepherd in "Plastic"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What language is not mythical according to "Myth on the Left?" Why?

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

3. What is semiology?

4. How do the ways that Marguerite and Armand feel love differ from one another in "The Lady of the Camellias"?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. How is the woman in "Striptease" an object in disguise? What is the point of this?

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What myths/objects are nationalistic in French culture? Why are myths important to the French, specifically? How is the author eager to exemplify what is French and what is not in the book?

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

Discuss the themes of Jules Verne. How does his writing mirror man's habits, processes and attitudes? How doesn't it?

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