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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 a territory?
(a) Space that acquires its meaning through someone's birth on it.
(b) Space that belongs to a nation.
(c) Space that acquires its meaning through someone's claim to it.
(d) Space that belongs to aboriginal people.

2. Which legislation requires colleges spend an equal amount of money on women's and men's sports?
(a) Title X.
(b) Title IX.
(c) Title XI.
(d) Title XII.

3. What is the purpose of a package?
(a) To market the product .
(b) To inform about the product's usefulness.
(c) To help the customers in comparing the product with its competitors.
(d) To keep the product safe.

4. According to Anne Norton, what does catalog shopping lead to?
(a) Construction of American life.
(b) Construction of identities for men, women, and children.
(c) Construction of ideal life style.
(d) Construction of teenage image.

5. What does Amanda Fazzone claim in her essay "Boob Tube?"
(a) TV shows focus too much on women's breasts and not on their talent.
(b) Female TV actors and participants are rated for their sex appeal and not for their brains.
(c) TV shows focus on women's glamour and not their sense of style.
(d) Female TV actors and participants are rated for their sex appeal as well as their intelligence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the author of the essay, "Signs of Shopping?"

2. Who expressed concern about a comic hero's sexual orientation?

3. What is the subject of the essay "The Return of Doris Day" by Sandra Tsing Loh?

4. According to Michael Omi, how are blacks often portrayed by the American media?

5. Which sports are linked to the working class, according to the textbook authors?

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