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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is an example of gender code?
(a) A gay man.
(b) An unmarried woman.
(c) An unmarried man.
(d) A lesbian woman.

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

3. Why do many boys join sports, according to David Kamp?
(a) It nurtures their needs for competition and they want the contact it offers them with their male peers.
(b) It nurtures their needs for competition and gives the opportunity for becoming popular.
(c) It nurtures their needs for popularity and the opportunity for recognition.
(d) It nurtures their needs for popularity and the opportunity for becoming famous.

4. What is the sign represented by cubicles in an office, according to Daphne Spain?
(a) Employee culture.
(b) Cooperative working.
(c) Open communication.
(d) Corporate structure.

5. According to Mariah Burton Nelson in "I Won. I'm Sorry," what is the expectation for a female athlete winner?
(a) Appear sorry but be aggressive.
(b) Suppress being feminine and be aggressive.
(c) Suppress aggressiveness and be feminine.
(d) Appear dominating and competitive.

6. Who is famous for promoting Nike?
(a) Michael Jordan.
(b) Kobe Bryant.
(c) Michael Jackson.
(d) Venus Williams.

7. What does wrestler Henry Jenkins posit about the message of wrestling?
(a) It is manly is to learn wrestling and earn big money.
(b) It is manly is to build muscle and wrestle.
(c) The only way to be upwardly mobile is to stomp on those in one's way.
(d) The only way to be upwardly mobile is to learn wrestling and earn big money.

8. Who saw boxing as a way to achieve a better life, according to the textbook authors?
(a) Asians.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Whites.
(d) Immigrants.

9. What is the most American thing that he did, according to Kevin Jennings, the author of "American Dreams?"
(a) Achieving his American dream by becoming a home owner.
(b) Accepting the equality of men and women.
(c) Accepting his identity as a gay man.
(d) Achieving his American dream of a great job and comfortable life.

10. Who is one of the heroes mentioned by Jenny Lyn Bader?
(a) Michael Jordan.
(b) Superman.
(c) Nelson Mandela.
(d) Gandhi.

11. What is the main point of the essay "The New Sexual Stone Age," by Andre Mayer?
(a) Female pop stars embrace nontraditional empowered roles.
(b) Pop stars embrace sexist and chauvinistic roles.
(c) Male pop stars embrace nontraditional empowered roles.
(d) Pop stars embrace progressive and liberated gender roles.

12. 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 digital gap and its connection to race.
(c) It examines the global inequities in wealth.
(d) It examines the growing gap between America's rich and the poor.

13. What was the cross-cultural issue faced by Feng Chen in his English composition class?
(a) He had to adapt new individualistic values due to English composition.
(b) He had to adapt new communication style in his English composition class.
(c) He had to adapt new grammar requirements in his English composition class.
(d) He had to adapt new style of writing due to English composition.

14. What is the main point made in the essay "Larger than Life," by Jenny Lyn Bader?
(a) Siblings may have a more powerful influence on the younger generation than heroes.
(b) Peers may have a more powerful influence on the younger generation than heroes.
(c) Heroes may have a more powerful influence on the younger generation than role models.
(d) Role models may have a more powerful influence on the younger generation than heroes.

15. What is the point made by Michael A. Mesner in his essay on sports and gender relations?
(a) Sports shape masculine identity and reinforces male power.
(b) Sports shape masculine and feminine identity.
(c) Sports shape masculine identity and reinforce the glamorous female identity.
(d) Sports shape masculine identity and reinforce equity in gender relations.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the beauty myth affect women?

2. What does Malcolm Gladwell examine in "The Science of Shopping?"

3. How does Michael Omi state that Americans commonly judge a person's character?

4. What is a morally acceptable behavior in America as mentioned by the textbook authors in the chapter, " We've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Gender Codes in American Culture Summary and Analysis?"

5. According to the textbook authors, which TV show had a protagonist(s) that became popular role models for American women?

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