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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Murphy Brown.
(b) The Oprah Winfrey Show.
(c) Friends.
(d) Desperate Housewives.

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

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

4. What is a birdcage mall?
(a) A birdcage mall helps the shoppers' movements through its design.
(b) A birdcage mall controls the shoppers' movements through its design.
(c) A birdcage mall provides a relaxed shopping experience through its design.
(d) A birdcage mall provides a fun shopping experience through its design.

5. Who is the cultural icon for American sliving in style, according to Mark Caldwell?
(a) Kelly Rippa.
(b) Rachel Ray.
(c) Martha Stewart.
(d) Barbara Walters.

6. How does the beauty myth affect women?
(a) Women's health is affected by the harmful chemicals in beauty products.
(b) Women are trapped by body image.
(c) Women are trapped by the professional image.
(d) Women learn from pop culture that beauty is a myth.

7. 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 men.
(b) Women dating women.
(c) Men and women dating.
(d) Men dating women as well as men.

8. 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 the digital gap and its connection to race.
(d) It examines how consumption divides the haves and have-nots.

9. How does Michael Omi state that Americans commonly judge a person's character?
(a) Based on the person's education.
(b) Based on the person's family.
(c) Based on the person's clothes.
(d) Based on the person's race.

10. Which sports are the leisure activities of the upper class, according to the textbook authors?
(a) Golf and sailing
(b) Boxing and baseball.
(c) Golf and football.
(d) Golf and soccer.

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

12. Fill-in the blank. According to Camilo Jose Vergara in "The Ghetto Cityscape," green ghettos are ___________.
(a) Inner city areas that are reclaimed by nature because of neglect or abandonment.
(b) Inner city areas that provide car less commute to the residents.
(c) Inner city area public housing projects that are increasingly focusing on green living.
(d) Inner city area public housing projects that focus on environmental justice.

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

14. According to Deborah Tannen, what message does a woman convey when she writes "Ms" before her name?
(a) Indication that she is a feminist.
(b) Indication that she is not conservative.
(c) Ambivalence toward revealing her marital status.
(d) Refusal to reveal marital status.

15. Which of the following toys is mentioned by Gary Cross as the popular American hero figure in the chapter, "American Icons: The Myth Characters of Popular Culture Summary and Analysis?"
(a) Barnie.
(b) GI Joe.
(c) Ken.
(d) Arthur.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the essay " The Gender Blur," by Deborah Blum, what is an example of nature?

3. Which of the following statements is false?

4. According to Benjamin DeMott, how does Hollywood portray the race relations between blacks and whites?

5. Which character is an icon of video game culture, according to N'Gai Croal and Jane Hughes?

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