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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 the function of the Standards and Practices staff?
(a) Edit the language and the situations that are presented in the TV programs.
(b) Write the language and the situations that are presented in the TV programs.
(c) Approve the language and the situations that are presented in the TV programs.
(d) Read the language and the situations that are presented in the TV programs.

2. What is the name of the film used by Linda Seger in her essay "Creating the Myth?"
(a) Lord of the Rings.
(b) Casablanca.
(c) Jurassic Park
(d) Star Wars.

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

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

5. What is a birdcage mall?
(a) A birdcage mall provides a fun shopping experience through its design.
(b) A birdcage mall helps the shoppers' movements through its design.
(c) A birdcage mall provides a relaxed shopping experience through its design.
(d) A birdcage mall controls the shoppers' movements through its design.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the main argument of "Resisting the False Security of TV" by Tom Shales?

2. What affects one's ability in math and science?

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?"

4. What is Michael Parenti's argument in "Class and Virtue?"

5. Who is the pioneer of Semiotics?

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