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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. Which of the following statements is false?
(a) Men and women have territorial boundaries.
(b) Children have territorial boundaries.
(c) Cultures have territorial boundaries.
(d) Animals have territorial boundaries.

2. What is LynNell Hancock's "The Haves and the Have-Nots" about?
(a) It examines the global inequities in wealth.
(b) It examines the digital gap and its connection to race.
(c) It examines how consumption divides the haves and have-nots.
(d) It examines the growing gap between America's rich and the poor.

3. What was the theme of most of the movies in post 9/11 era as pointed out by Patrick Goldstein in "The Time to Get Serious Has Come?"
(a) Terrorism.
(b) Patriotism.
(c) Escapism.
(d) War.

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

5. Why does Melissa Algranati describe her experience as "Being the Other?"
(a) She is Egyptian American Jew.
(b) She is is American Jew.
(c) She is African American.
(d) She is Puerto Rican Egyptian Jew.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the essay by Marnie Carroll titled "American Television in Europe" about?

2. What is a simple example of semiotic decoding?

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

4. What message does the phenomenon, Democracy of Goods, refer to?

5. What are consumer interests encoded in?

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