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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through It's Not Just a Game: Sports and American Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "Gender Role Behaviors and Attitudes," by Holly Devor, claim?
(a) Signs of masculinity indicate the behaviors of men.
(b) Signs of masculinity indicate the attitudes of men.
(c) Signs of masculinity indicate the power and influence of society on men.
(d) Signs of masculinity carry social power and dominance.

2. Fill-in the blank. Many advertisements connect the product with the __________.
(a) Customer's middle or upper class status.
(b) Customer's identity and wisdom.
(c) Customer's satisfaction with the product.
(d) Customer's fine taste in choosing quality products.

3. Who saw boxing as a way to achieve a better life, according to the textbook authors?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Immigrants.
(c) Asians.
(d) Whites.

4. What is an example of gender code?
(a) A lesbian woman.
(b) An unmarried woman.
(c) An unmarried man.
(d) A gay man.

5. How can one derive the meaning of a sign using Semiotic method?
(a) By looking at the relationship between the image and the message.
(b) By looking at diverse opinions and how they are related to the sign.
(c) By looking at how things and facts are related to one another.
(d) By looking at the facts and their connection to the sign.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the latest example of the Elvis effect, according to Paul C. Taylor?

2. Fill-in the blank. Visual cues in a shop are meant for the following shopper: __________.

3. What is the factor that changed the semiotic message carried out by the cell phone?

4. What does wrestler Henry Jenkins posit about the message of wrestling?

5. What is the impact of race depiction in popular culture?

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