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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through It's Not Just a Game: Sports and American Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 housewife does around the house.
(c) What a model does on a week day.
(d) What a student does on a school day.

2. 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.

3. What is a common advertising model that targets adult female customers?
(a) Persuading a woman that buying a product will enrich her lifestyle.
(b) Persuading a woman that buying a product will make her family value her.
(c) Persuading a woman that buying a product will make friends envy her.
(d) Persuading a woman that buying a product will make her feel good about her appearance.

4. What example do the authors use to explain the semiotic method?
(a) American Cinema.
(b) The Beatles.
(c) The Volkswagen Beetle.
(d) Fast food chains.

5. What is the most American thing that he did, according to Kevin Jennings, the author of "American Dreams?"
(a) Accepting his identity as a gay man.
(b) Accepting the equality of men and women.
(c) Achieving his American dream of a great job and comfortable life.
(d) Achieving his American dream by becoming a home owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the essay "Disney World: Public Use/Private State," by Susan Willis, indicate?

2. Fill-in the blank. Many advertisements connect the product with the __________.

3. Who is the author of "Asian Women in Film: No Joy, No Luck?" .

4. What is the main issue in "Conflicting Landscape Values: The Santa Clara Pueblo and Day School," by Rina Swentzell?

5. Fill-in the blank. The significance of a sign does not depend on ___________________.

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