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

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

3. What does the term gender refer to?
(a) Behavioral and cultural traits that are defined by society as female.
(b) Being born with male or female sex organs.
(c) Behavioral and cultural traits that are defined by society as male or female.
(d) One's identification of being a male or a female.

4. What does the essay by Lucy Lippard, "Alternating Currents," describe?
(a) Alternative views of suburban living.
(b) Alternating views that represent the city and the country.
(c) Ambivalence of Americans toward the city and the country.
(d) Aletrnative views of country living.

5. What is the essay "Unnatural Selection" about?
(a) Use of gene selection to make a super female athlete who wins over the male counterpart.
(b) Use of computer engineering to create robotic sports.
(c) Use of genetic engineering in sports to make a super athlete.
(d) Use of steroids in sports to make a winning athlete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the essay, "Warrior Dreams," by James William Gibson, point out?

2. According to Andy Medhurst, what does Batman symbolize?

3. Which of the following statements is true, according to D. Staley Eitzen?

4. What are the invisible signs of a building?

5. Who saw boxing as a way to achieve a better life, according to the textbook authors?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is theme marketing? Give two examples of businesses that do theme marketing.

2. What is a gender code?

3. 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?

4. What is the main point made by Lucy Lippard in her essay "The Alternating Currents?"

5. 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?"

6. What is the main argument of the essay "Athletics 101: A Change in Eligibility Rules is Long Overdue," by Frank Deford?

7. How does Barbie reinforce women's perception about perfect body image, according to "Our Barbies, Ourselves," by Emily Prager?

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

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

10. What is the essay "Of Cholos and Surfers," by Jack Lopez, about?

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