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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John think of chitterlings?

2. What does she promise to send to the first wife?

3. Who decides that she cannot make this episode?

4. Who does Jane try to show throughout much of the shows?

5. What does Akiko's husband ask her to watch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Just as Jane thinks she is getting herself into a serious relationship with Sloan, what happens?

2. What stereotypical gender role is not fulfilled at this next shoot?

3. What are the negative affects of the hormone known as diethylstilbestrol or DES?

4. After the initial happiness of getting a new job, why is Jane reluctant to take the position?

5. What gives Jane a unique view and experience about working on the show?

6. How else does John try to take out his aggression?

7. Why does John angrily throw the pork chops across the room?

8. Unfortunately for Akiko, what happens to her when John finds out she has purposefully become infertile?

9. Why did the FDA decide to outlaw this drug for animals?

10. Ultimately, what does Jane want to show on My American Wife!?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As a filmmaker, Jane believes it is her job to tell the truth. Is this always the aim of filmmakers?

How can film be used as media propaganda?

How is Jane's own work almost turned into propaganda by the Japanese government?

Essay Topic 2

What is the stereotypical ideal of the perfect American housewife? How does Jane work to break this image for both Japanese and Americans?

Are many Americans slow to let go of the ideal?

Is this hesitation seen in America's reluctance to legalize same sex marriage?

Essay Topic 3

How do Akiko and Jane create a relationship through communication?

How do these two women get to know each other without ever really seeing each other?

How has the internet changed the way people meet people and communicate with one another?

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