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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. What does "I" signify, according to Fan Shen?

2. Fill-in the blank. According to Camilo Jose Vergara in "The Ghetto Cityscape," green ghettos are ___________.

3. What are the invisible signs of a building?

4. What is the essay "A Patriot's Tale" about?

5. What does the essay " The Gender Blur," by Deborah Blum, advocate?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main point of Camilo Jose´ Vergara's "The Ghetto Cityscape?"

2. What is the main point made by Lucy Lippard in her essay "The Alternating Currents?"

3. How did the gender codes change with time? Give an example.

4. How do toys like Barbie teach consumption to kids, according to Gary Cross, author of "Barbie, G.I. Joe, and Play in the 1960s?"

5. What is the key point made by Bell Hooks in her essay "Baby?"

6. What does the semiotic reading of a show like Sex and the City reveal, according to the textbook authors?

7. What is overt racism? What is inferential racism?

8. What are the gender codes for female athletes, as posited by Mariah Burton Nelson?

9. What are the conflicting values in the essay by Rina Swentzell, "Conflicting Landscape Values: The Santa Clara Pueblo and Day School?"

10. How does Martha Stewart represent the culture of consumption, according to "The Assault on Martha Stewart," by Mark Caldwell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Advertising is everywhere. How do the markets target you and your classmates into becoming consumers? Apply the semiotic method to analyze consumption as one of the aspects of popular culture.

Essay Topic 2

How is inferential racism prevalent around us through positive and negative images of racial minorities? Give some examples to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Do the current TV programs and shows provide a safe space for children and parents to spend the evening together? What is the implicit message of prime time TV programming to the families?

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