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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. What is an example of pop culture?
(a) Museum.
(b) Movie theater.
(c) Park.
(d) Libary.

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

3. Who is the author of the essay, "More Factor?"
(a) Sonia Maasik.
(b) Anne Norton.
(c) Laurence Shames.
(d) Thomas Friedman.

4. According to Todd Boyd, what aspect is a main factor in the gangster movies genre?
(a) Race and ethnicity.
(b) Language and gang signs.
(c) Class and gender.
(d) Status and power.

5. What does the term gender refer to?
(a) Behavioral and cultural traits that are defined by society as male or female.
(b) Behavioral and cultural traits that are defined by society as female.
(c) One's identification of being a male or a female.
(d) Being born with male or female sex organs.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the textbook authors, why was the T.V. show Sex and the City popular?

2. Why does Melissa Algranati describe her experience as "Being the Other?"

3. What is the impact of race depiction in popular culture?

4. What does the essay " The Gender Blur," by Deborah Blum, advocate?

5. What was the purpose of the builders of the world Trade Center, according to Eric Boehlert?

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