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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 was the purpose of the builders of the world Trade Center, according to Eric Boehlert?
(a) Build the greatest landmark in the world.
(b) Build the highest landmark in New York.
(c) Clean up the neighborhood and make money from the rentals.
(d) Construct a symbol of American life.

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

3. Who is one of the best and most world famous American cultural icons, according to Michael Eric Dyson?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Jackie Kennedy Onassis.
(c) Michael Jordan.
(d) Jean Harlow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which company created the Barbie doll?

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

3. According to Michael Omi, how are blacks often portrayed by the American media?

4. What affects one's ability in math and science?

5. Who expressed concern about a comic hero's sexual orientation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What are the gender codes for female athletes, as posited by Mariah Burton Nelson?

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

5. How did the gender codes change with time? Give an example.

6. Why is semiotics of sports crucial?

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

8. What does the semiotic reading of a show like Sex and the City reveal, according to the textbook authors?

9. 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?

10. How did baseball become a national pastime?

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