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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Benjamin DeMott, how does Hollywood portray the race relations between blacks and whites?
(a) Neutral.
(b) Controversial.
(c) Friendly.
(d) Caring.

2. Who is Aunt Jemima as a cultural icon?
(a) An African American woman model for pancake flour.
(b) A trademark for breakfast foods.
(c) An African American woman who was an expert cook.
(d) An African American woman who owned a pancake flour company.

3. 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.

4. How does Daphne Spain describe the workplace in the 90s in her essay "Spatial Segregation and Gender Stratification in the Workplace?"
(a) Women and men worked in segregated workspaces.
(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) Most women worked in the open spaces of offices.

5. Fill-in the blank. According to Naomi Wolf, the term beauty is ________.
(a) An identity myth.
(b) A sales myth.
(c) A cultural myth.
(d) A status myth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a birdcage mall?

2. What does Bell Hooks write about in her essay "Baby?"

3. Why does Melissa Algranati describe her experience as "Being the Other?"

4. What is an example of personal space code?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the essay "Boys--R- Us: Board Game and the Socialization of Young Adolescent Girls," by Jennifer Scanlon, what do gender specific toys and games teach children?

2. How do toys reflect the changing culture and attitudes?

3. What was the irony faced by Feng Shen in his composition class?

4. What is the Elvis effect, according to Paul C. Taylor?

5. What are the conflicting values in the essay by Rina Swentzell, "Conflicting Landscape Values: The Santa Clara Pueblo and Day School?"

6. What is the Pueblo American Indian perception of space and its utilization? How does this conflict with the Euro American perception of space utilization?

7. Why does Jenny Lyn Bader think that role models may have better influence than mythical heroes?

8. What is "New York's Most Disliked Building?" and why?

9. Why were women left out of college sports until the Title IX legislation was passed?

10. Who saw boxing as a way to a better life, according to the authors of the textbook in "It's Not Just a Game: Sports and American Culture Summary and Analysis?"

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