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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 are the invisible signs of a building?
(a) Emotions and feelings they invoke.
(b) Fun and frolic they may provide.
(c) Power and hierarchy they represent.
(d) Ideas of the architects who built them.

2. What is the factor that contributes to the showing of violence in the movies, according to Vivian C. Sobchack, in "The Postmorbid Condition?"
(a) Generation.
(b) Changing values.
(c) Technology.
(d) Increased violence in society.

3. According to the textbook authors, which TV show had a protagonist(s) that became popular role models for American women?
(a) Sex and the City.
(b) Will and Grace.
(c) Murphy Brown.
(d) Friends.

4. What is the purpose of the chapter, "Consuming Passions: The Culture of American Consumption?"
(a) Teach students to recognize how consumption habits change and write about it..
(b) Teach students how to analyze and write about consumerism.
(c) Teach students how to make wise choices and write about them.
(d) Teach students that the culture of consumerism begins with them.

5. Who is the most popular talk show host of the 1980s?
(a) Regis.
(b) Phil Donahue.
(c) Jerry Springer.
(d) Oprah Winfrey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the term, semiotics, refer to?

2. What does glocalization refer to?

3. Which of the following is true, according to Frank Deford?

4. What is the name of the film used by Linda Seger in her essay "Creating the Myth?"

5. According to Benjamin DeMott, how does Hollywood portray the race relations between blacks and whites?

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