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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hollywood Sign: The Culture of American Film.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is a simple example of semiotic decoding?
(a) Listening to hip hop.
(b) Going to class.
(c) Writing a story.
(d) Reading a page.
2. What does the semiotic method refer to?
(a) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of popular signs.
(b) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of signs.
(c) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of arguments.
(d) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of pop culture.
3. What does Vivian C. Sobchack claim in her essay "The Postmorbid Condition?"
(a) Rather than sending a moral message on violence, current films ignore the impact.
(b) Rather than aestheticizing violence, current films focus on it.
(c) Rather than aestheticizing violence, current films do not care about it.
(d) Rather than aestheticizing violence, current films send a moral message with it..
4. Who is the author of the essay, "More Factor?"
(a) Thomas Friedman.
(b) Laurence Shames.
(c) Anne Norton.
(d) Sonia Maasik.
5. What is the function of the Standards and Practices staff?
(a) Approve the language and the situations that are presented in the TV programs.
(b) Read the language and the situations that are presented in the TV programs.
(c) Write the language and the situations that are presented in the TV programs.
(d) Edit the language and the situations that are presented in the TV programs.
Short Answer Questions
1. Fill-in the blank. The significance of a sign does not depend on ___________________.
2. What is the name of the movie cited by the authors of the Text book as one of the most popular films of 2001?
3. What is the essay "Class and Virtue" about?
4. Which popular TV show reflect the concerns of Generation X, according to the authors of the textbook?
5. What is Semiotic method?
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