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

Sonia Maasik
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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. Who is an outlaw hero, according to Robert Ray, the writer of "The Thematic Paradigm?"
(a) An outlaw hero is aware of what is right or wrong but is outcast by the society because of his outspokenness.
(b) An outlaw hero has no moral code of right or wrong and operates above the law.
(c) An outlaw hero has his own moral code of right or wrong and operates above the law.
(d) An outlaw hero is aware of what is right or wrong but is outcast by the society because of his idealism.

2. What is the common definition of racial profiling?
(a) Cops using race to incarcerate people.
(b) Jury using race to determine the outcomes of criminal trials.
(c) Using race to determine who is subjected to surveillance or searches.
(d) Coaches using race to select student athletes.

3. What is the essay, "Creating the Myth" about?
(a) Sci-fi character patterns.
(b) Mythological character patterns.
(c) How movies represent the myth.
(d) Classic hero patterns.

4. What does the phrase "Commodification of desire" refer to?
(a) Connecting the product with a desire to be rich.
(b) Connecting the product with fulfilling the American dream.
(c) Connecting the product with an unrelated desire
(d) Connecting the product with a desire to fit in.

5. What does the essay"Sex, Lies, and Advertising" by Gloria Steinem examine?
(a) How the advertisements in women's magazines lie about sex.
(b) The articles published in women's magazines on advertisements.
(c) How advertisers target women's magazines to market cigarettes and feminine hygiene.
(d) The compromises made by women's magazines to retain advertisers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Fill-in the blank. People buy products based on a system called ____________.

3. Which company's All-Bran ad promoted their product as a cancer preventing food?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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