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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is one of the heroes mentioned by Jenny Lyn Bader?
(a) Nelson Mandela.
(b) Michael Jordan.
(c) Superman.
(d) Gandhi.

2. What does Neil Bernstein, in "Goin' Gangsta, Chosin' Cholita," posit?
(a) Suburban teens want to claim a new racial identity based on their preferences.
(b) Suburban teens want to become gang members and have a new identity.
(c) Inner city youth want a new racial identity based on their preferences.
(d) Inner city youth want a new gangster identity based on their preferences.

3. What does Bell Hooks write about in her essay "Baby?"
(a) Her preference for a white doll.
(b) How she disliked the brown dolls.
(c) Her choice of a brown doll just like her.
(d) How she enjoyed playing with dolls.

4. What is the T.V. show that comes across as an example of changing gender code as mentioned in the chapter, "We've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Gender Codes in American Culture Summary and Analysis?"
(a) Murphy Brown.
(b) Friends.
(c) The Oprah Winfrey Show.
(d) Desperate Housewives.

5. What does American soccer mainly focus on, according to David Kamp in "America's Spaz-Time?"
(a) Fun over competition.
(b) Soccer moms and their time with children.
(c) Competition over fun.
(d) Winning and big money.

6. Who expressed concern about a comic hero's sexual orientation?
(a) Pat Robertson.
(b) Rush Limbaugh
(c) Newt Gingrich.
(d) Frederic Wertham.

7. What is the essay "A Patriot's Tale" about?
(a) New York 9/11 survivors.
(b) NFL New England Patriots.
(c) New York 9/11 victims.
(d) New York firefighters.

8. What does the essay by Lucy Lippard, "Alternating Currents," describe?
(a) Ambivalence of Americans toward the city and the country.
(b) Aletrnative views of country living.
(c) Alternative views of suburban living.
(d) Alternating views that represent the city and the country.

9. What is a territory?
(a) Space that acquires its meaning through someone's birth on it.
(b) Space that acquires its meaning through someone's claim to it.
(c) Space that belongs to aboriginal people.
(d) Space that belongs to a nation.

10. Fill-in the blank. The rules for sports changed over time because _______________.
(a) More people started watching sports on weekends.
(b) Sports became a form of entertainment on television.
(c) People started taking sports seriously.
(d) More people started watching sports.

11. What is the main point of the essay "The New Sexual Stone Age," by Andre Mayer?
(a) Pop stars embrace progressive and liberated gender roles.
(b) Pop stars embrace sexist and chauvinistic roles.
(c) Female pop stars embrace nontraditional empowered roles.
(d) Male pop stars embrace nontraditional empowered roles.

12. Which character is a computer-created icon, according to N'Gai Croal and Jane Hughes?
(a) Anne of Green Gables.
(b) American Girl.
(c) Barbie.
(d) Lara Croft.

13. How does the beauty myth affect women?
(a) Women are trapped by the professional image.
(b) Women are trapped by body image.
(c) Women's health is affected by the harmful chemicals in beauty products.
(d) Women learn from pop culture that beauty is a myth.

14. When did Superman become a cultural icon?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1948.

15. What is the essay "Unnatural Selection" about?
(a) Use of gene selection to make a super female athlete who wins over the male counterpart.
(b) Use of steroids in sports to make a winning athlete.
(c) Use of computer engineering to create robotic sports.
(d) Use of genetic engineering in sports to make a super athlete.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Benjamin DeMott, how does Hollywood portray the race relations between blacks and whites?

2. Which sports are the leisure activities of the upper class, according to the textbook authors?

3. Who is Aunt Jemima as a cultural icon?

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

5. What is an example of gender code?

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