Signs of Life in the U.S.A. Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

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Signs of Life in the U.S.A. Quiz | Eight Week Quiz E

Sonia Maasik
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Gender Codes in American culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the term, semiotics, refer to?
(a) Study of popular culture.
(b) Study of signs.
(c) Analysis of writing.
(d) A writing process.

2. What example do the authors use to explain the semiotic method?
(a) Fast food chains.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) American Cinema.
(d) The Volkswagen Beetle.

3. What is the subject of the essay "The Return of Doris Day" by Sandra Tsing Loh?
(a) Portrayal of the return of women in cowboy movie culture.
(b) Portrayal of good girl characters in movie culture.
(c) Portrayal of the return of women from workplace.
(d) Portrayal of sexy women in Hollywood films.

4. What does mass production and mass marketing that categorizes people result in?
(a) Providing better service to various customer groups.
(b) Reaching a large group of consumers.
(c) Stereotyping of consumers.
(d) Better service to consumers.

5. Which movie does Michale Parenti use to make his arguments in the essay "Class and Virtue?"
(a) Pretty Woman.
(b) Waiting to Exhale.
(c) Gone with the Wind.
(d) Pulp Fiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Personal space include?

2. What does the essay, "More Factor" examine?

3. Who is the author of the essay, "Signs of Shopping?"

4. Fill-in the blank. Authors posit that pop culture is a subject that is _____________

5. What is the most American thing that he did, according to Kevin Jennings, the author of "American Dreams?"

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