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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is digital gap?
(a) Gap between the haves and have-nots in their access to iPods.
(b) Gap between the haves and have-nots in their access to computers and the Internet.
(c) Gap between the haves and have-nots in their access to cellphones.
(d) Gap between the haves and have-nots in their access to digital communication.

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

3. What does Personal space include?
(a) Visible and invisible signs that are dependent on identity, culture and relationship.
(b) Invisble signs that are not dependent on identity, culture and relationship.
(c) Visible signs that are dependent on identity, culture and relationship.
(d) Visible and invisible signs that are not dependent on identity, culture and relationship.

4. What is the T.V. show that comes across as an example of changing gender code as mentioned in the chapter, "We've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Gender Codes in American Culture Summary and Analysis?"
(a) The Oprah Winfrey Show.
(b) Desperate Housewives.
(c) Friends.
(d) Murphy Brown.

5. What does the essay, "Warrior Dreams," by James William Gibson, point out?
(a) Portrayal of American men's patriotism in the post Vietnam era.
(b) Portrayal of American Indian warrior mascots in men's sports.
(c) Men's fascination with paramilitary culture.
(d) Men's dreams to become warriors.

6. 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) Pop stars embrace progressive and liberated gender roles.
(d) Male pop stars embrace nontraditional empowered roles.

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

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

9. 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 global inequities in wealth.
(d) It examines the digital gap and its connection to race.

10. 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 cultures.
(c) Understanding of differences in traditions.
(d) Stereotyping that comes across as artificial.

11. Who expressed concern about a comic hero's sexual orientation?
(a) Pat Robertson.
(b) Newt Gingrich.
(c) Rush Limbaugh
(d) Frederic Wertham.

12. What affects one's ability in math and science?
(a) Race.
(b) Asian background.
(c) None of these.
(d) Gender.

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

14. Which of the following is true, according to Michael Omi?
(a) There are many black managers and agents in the entertainment industry.
(b) There are only a few black managers and agents in the music industry.
(c) Music industry opened up opportunities for black women as agents and managers.
(d) Music industry opened up opportunities for blacks as artists and non-artists.

15. How does Daphne Spain describe the workplace in the 90s in her essay "Spatial Segregation and Gender Stratification in the Workplace?"
(a) Most women worked in the open spaces of offices.
(b) Most women had a work space that had doors.
(c) Most women had contact with men and participated in the decision making process.
(d) Women and men worked in segregated workspaces.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Deborah Tannen, what message does a woman convey when she writes "Ms" before her name?

2. Which fictional character was criticized as being homosexual?

3. When did Superman become a cultural icon?

4. Fill-in the blank. Visual cues in a shop are meant for the following shopper: __________.

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

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