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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 does Neil Bernstein, in "Goin' Gangsta, Chosin' Cholita," posit?
(a) Suburban teens want to become gang members and have a new identity.
(b) Suburban teens want to claim a new racial identity based on their preferences.
(c) Inner city youth want a new racial identity based on their preferences.
(d) Inner city youth want a new gangster identity based on their preferences.

2. What is an example of a gender specific game cited by the author Jennifer Scanlon?
(a) Clue.
(b) Loaded Questions.
(c) High School Musical.
(d) Sweet Valley High.

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

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

5. According to Mariah Burton Nelson in "I Won. I'm Sorry," what is the expectation for a female athlete winner?
(a) Appear dominating and competitive.
(b) Appear sorry but be aggressive.
(c) Suppress being feminine and be aggressive.
(d) Suppress aggressiveness and be feminine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which sports are the leisure activities of the upper class, according to the textbook authors?

2. Who is famous for promoting Nike?

3. What are the eligibility rules that are long over due, according to Frank Deford?

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

5. How do sports teams pay huge salaries to the top athletes?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does language mark women? Explain your point using an example.

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

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

6. What is the key point made by Bell Hooks in her essay "Baby?"

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

8. 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?"

9. According to Engle, why did Superman become a superhero?

10. Why is semiotics of sports crucial?

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