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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through It's Not Just a Game: Sports and American Culture.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does mass production and mass marketing that categorizes people result in?
(a) Reaching a large group of consumers.
(b) Providing better service to various customer groups.
(c) Better service to consumers.
(d) Stereotyping of consumers.
2. What does the essay "Disney World: Public Use/Private State," by Susan Willis, indicate?
(a) Disney World offers fantasy environment for children's use.
(b) Disney World offers fun and efficient environment for public use.
(c) Disney World offers fun environment for public use.
(d) Disney World offers programmed environment.
3. What does the essay "The Boys on the Bus," by Gary Smith, examine?
(a) Role of culture in rallying people in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
(b) Role of sports in rallying people in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
(c) Role of parents in rallying people in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
(d) Role of schools in rallying people in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
4. What does the essay " The Gender Blur," by Deborah Blum, advocate?
(a) Both nurture and culture are important in understanding gender differences.
(b) Both nature and identity are important in understanding gender differences.
(c) Both nature and nurture are important in understanding gender differences.
(d) Both nature and power are important in understanding gender differences.
5. What does Neil Bernstein, in "Goin' Gangsta, Chosin' Cholita," posit?
(a) Inner city youth want a new gangster identity based on their preferences.
(b) Inner city youth want a new racial identity based on their preferences.
(c) Suburban teens want to become gang members and have a new identity.
(d) Suburban teens want to claim a new racial identity based on their preferences.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does "Gender Role Behaviors and Attitudes," by Holly Devor, claim?
2. What do media signs often conceal?
3. According to the textbook authors, why was the T.V. show Sex and the City popular?
4. Which of the following statements is false?
5. According to Sandra Tsing Loh, the author of "The Return of Doris Day," how is a good girl movie character portrayed in a movie?
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