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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We've Come a Long Way, Maybe: Gender Codes in American culture.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can one derive the meaning of a sign using Semiotic method?
(a) By looking at how things and facts are related to one another.
(b) By looking at the relationship between the image and the message.
(c) By looking at diverse opinions and how they are related to the sign.
(d) By looking at the facts and their connection to the sign.

2. Who is the author of the essay, "More Factor?"
(a) Sonia Maasik.
(b) Laurence Shames.
(c) Thomas Friedman.
(d) Anne Norton.

3. Who is the most popular talk show host of the 1980s?
(a) Regis.
(b) Oprah Winfrey.
(c) Jerry Springer.
(d) Phil Donahue.

4. What does the semiotic method refer to?
(a) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of signs.
(b) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of pop culture.
(c) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of arguments.
(d) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of popular signs.

5. What is a territory?
(a) Space that belongs to aboriginal people.
(b) Space that acquires its meaning through someone's birth on it.
(c) Space that acquires its meaning through someone's claim to it.
(d) Space that belongs to a nation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is schadenfreude?

2. Fill-in the blank. Icons are something that appear in ___________.

3. What is a simple example of semiotic decoding?

4. What does the metaphoric essay title, "Addictive Virus," refer to?

5. What does the essay, "Warrior Dreams," by James William Gibson, point out?

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