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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. What are the eligibility rules that are long over due, according to Frank Deford?
(a) Eligibility to of student athletes to play college sports after leaving college.
(b) Eligibility of student athletes to play college sports as professionals.
(c) Eligibility of women student athletes to play college sports as professionals.
(d) Eligibility of women athletes to play professional sports.

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

3. Who is the cultural icon for females of all ages, from childhood to womanhood, according to Emily Prager?
(a) Barbie.
(b) Princess Leia.
(c) Mary Poppins.
(d) Samantha-American girl.

4. Which cultural icon's life is a rags to riches story, according to Mark Caldwell?
(a) Jackie Kennedy Onnasis.
(b) Aunt Jemima.
(c) Lara Croft.
(d) Martha Stewart.

5. According to Andy Medhurst, what does Batman symbolize?
(a) Masculinity.
(b) White heterosexual man.
(c) Gay man.
(d) Transgender man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most American thing that he did, according to Kevin Jennings, the author of "American Dreams?"

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

3. Who is one of the best and most world famous American cultural icons, according to Michael Eric Dyson?

4. According to Mariah Burton Nelson in "I Won. I'm Sorry," what is the expectation for a female athlete winner?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is overt racism? What is inferential racism?

5. What is the main point of Camilo Jose´ Vergara's "The Ghetto Cityscape?"

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

7. What is the common rationale given by the entertainment industry to exclude blacks from management positions, according to Michael Omi?

8. What is a gender code?

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

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

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