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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the essay "Disney World: Public Use/Private State," by Susan Willis, indicate?
(a) Disney World offers fantasy environment for children's use.
(b) Disney World offers programmed environment.
(c) Disney World offers fun and efficient environment for public use.
(d) Disney World offers fun environment for public use.

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

3. Which of the following is true, according to Frank Deford?
(a) Many student athletes who turn professional are encouraged by their coaches to continue college.
(b) Student athletes have high graduation rates because of tutoring and support.
(c) Many student athletes who turn professional give up college education.
(d) Many student athletes are encouraged by their coaches to excel in academics.

4. What does the essay "The Boys on the Bus," by Gary Smith, examine?
(a) Role of culture in rallying people in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
(b) Role of schools in rallying people in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
(c) Role of parents in rallying people in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
(d) Role of sports in rallying people in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.

5. What does Bell Hooks write about in her essay "Baby?"
(a) Her preference for a white doll.
(b) How she enjoyed playing with dolls.
(c) How she disliked the brown dolls.
(d) Her choice of a brown doll just like her.

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

7. What does "I" signify, according to Fan Shen?
(a) It stands for the identity.
(b) English communication style.
(c) English language writing and communication.
(d) It stands for the individualistic culture.

8. What are the invisible signs of a building?
(a) Fun and frolic they may provide.
(b) Emotions and feelings they invoke.
(c) Ideas of the architects who built them.
(d) Power and hierarchy they represent.

9. What is the impact of race depiction in popular culture?
(a) Racial stereotyping that comes across as natural to the depicted race.
(b) Understanding of differences in traditions.
(c) Understanding of differences in cultures.
(d) Stereotyping that comes across as artificial.

10. When did Superman become a cultural icon?
(a) 1938.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1958.

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

12. 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 behaviors of men.
(c) Signs of masculinity indicate the attitudes of men.
(d) Signs of masculinity indicate the power and influence of society on men.

13. 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?"
(a) Men dating women as well as men.
(b) Women dating women.
(c) Men dating men.
(d) Men and women dating.

14. What is the latest example of the Elvis effect, according to Paul C. Taylor?
(a) Cultural appropriation of rap by whites.
(b) Impact of Elvis on the music industry.
(c) Impersonation of Elvis in pop music performances.
(d) Copying the style of Elvis in Las Vegas.

15. Which company created the Barbie doll?
(a) Disney.
(b) Hasbro Toys.
(c) Mattel.
(d) Fisher Price.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the essay "Put on a Happy Face: Masking the Differences Between Blacks and Whites" point out?

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

3. What does the essay by Lucy Lippard, "Alternating Currents," describe?

4. What is an example of personal space code?

5. What is the essay "A Patriot's Tale" about?

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