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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Popular Spaces: Interpreting the Built Environment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Anne Norton, what does catalog shopping lead to?
(a) Construction of ideal life style.
(b) Construction of American life.
(c) Construction of teenage image.
(d) Construction of identities for men, women, and children.

2. Fill-in the blank. According to Camilo Jose Vergara in "The Ghetto Cityscape," green ghettos are ___________.
(a) Inner city areas that provide car less commute to the residents.
(b) Inner city areas that are reclaimed by nature because of neglect or abandonment.
(c) Inner city area public housing projects that focus on environmental justice.
(d) Inner city area public housing projects that are increasingly focusing on green living.

3. Fill-in the blank. Many advertisements connect the product with the __________.
(a) Customer's identity and wisdom.
(b) Customer's fine taste in choosing quality products.
(c) Customer's satisfaction with the product.
(d) Customer's middle or upper class status.

4. What does Malcolm Gladwell examine in "The Science of Shopping?"
(a) Marketing research of customer behavior.
(b) Marketing research of the shopping process.
(c) Customer utlization of shopping center space.
(d) Space utlization in shopping centers.

5. What does Nina Leen's selection, "Just What Do You Do All Day?" showcase?
(a) What a teenager does on a weekend.
(b) What a student does on a school day.
(c) What a housewife does around the house.
(d) What a model does on a week day.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sign represented by cubicles in an office, according to Daphne Spain?

2. What is the essay "Class and Virtue" about?

3. What does the essay "A Gentleman and a Consumer" examine?

4. What is the impact on children of schadenfreude in reality TV shows?

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

(see the answer key)

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