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

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

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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Constructing Race: Readings in Multicultural Semiotics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is digital gap?
(a) Gap between the haves and have-nots in their access to digital communication.
(b) Gap between the haves and have-nots in their access to computers and the Internet.
(c) Gap between the haves and have-nots in their access to cellphones.
(d) Gap between the haves and have-nots in their access to iPods.

2. What is the essay "Class and Virtue" about?
(a) Status quo and gender gap in virtues in the movies.
(b) Underclass dominance and gender gap in virtues in the movies.
(c) Class dominance and gender discrimination in the movies.
(d) Class dominance and portrayal of underclass women in the movies.

3. What is Michael Parenti's argument in "Class and Virtue?"
(a) Hollywood opposes class privilege but does not represent virtue.
(b) Hollywood opposes class privilege and tends to represent the middle class.
(c) Hollywood represents the American ideals of virtue and classless society.
(d) Hollywood supports class privilege and tends to represent the elite.

4. How do ads usually portray men?
(a) Tall and handsome.
(b) Aggressive and violent.
(c) Young and energetic.
(d) Competitive and confident.

5. What was the cross-cultural issue faced by Feng Chen in his English composition class?
(a) He had to adapt new style of writing due to English composition.
(b) He had to adapt new communication style in his English composition class.
(c) He had to adapt new individualistic values due to English composition.
(d) He had to adapt new grammar requirements in his English composition class.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the authors, why do people buy a product?

3. What is LynNell Hancock's "The Haves and the Have-Nots" about?

4. What is the essay, "Creating the Myth" about?

5. What does the essay "Braveheart, Babe and the Contemporary Body" by Susan Bordo examine?

(see the answer key)

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