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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through American Icons: The Myth Characters of Popular Culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an example of personal space code?
(a) Riding a bike.
(b) Hugging your friend.
(c) Taking a bus ride.
(d) Walking on the street.

2. What does the essay, "Signs of Shopping" examine?
(a) Consumer behavior while shopping.
(b) The images in product advertisements.
(c) Business marketing techniques.
(d) Consumer satisfaction while shopping.

3. What is the main argument of "Resisting the False Security of TV" by Tom Shales?
(a) Television should not provide a false sense of security during war and national disasters.
(b) TV should protect people from the horrors of war and disasters.
(c) The role of TV is to inform the people about what is happening during times of war and disaster.
(d) Television should provide a sense of security during times of war and crises.

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

5. What does "Gender Role Behaviors and Attitudes," by Holly Devor, claim?
(a) Signs of masculinity carry social power and dominance.
(b) Signs of masculinity indicate the power and influence of society on men.
(c) Signs of masculinity indicate the attitudes of men.
(d) Signs of masculinity indicate the behaviors of men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Fill-in the blank. Melissa Algranati is __________.

2. What is a common advertising model that targets adult female customers?

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

4. What is the main point made in the essay "Larger than Life," by Jenny Lyn Bader?

5. According to the textbook authors, what is the best way to study popular phenomena?

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