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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Constructing Race: Readings in Multicultural Semiotics.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Daphne Spain describe the workplace in the 90s in her essay "Spatial Segregation and Gender Stratification in the Workplace?"
(a) Most women had contact with men and participated in the decision making process.
(b) Most women had a work space that had doors.
(c) Most women worked in the open spaces of offices.
(d) Women and men worked in segregated workspaces.

2. Which movie does Michale Parenti use to make his arguments in the essay "Class and Virtue?"
(a) Waiting to Exhale.
(b) Pretty Woman.
(c) Pulp Fiction.
(d) Gone with the Wind.

3. Fill-in the blank. Melissa Algranati is __________.
(a) Puerto Rican.
(b) Biracial.
(c) Mexican Egyptian American.
(d) Egyptian American.

4. 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 pop culture.
(d) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of arguments.

5. Fill-in the blank. Icons are something that appear in ___________.
(a) TV and videos.
(b) Books.
(c) Magazines.
(d) Newspapers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Personal space include?

2. When did the daytime talk shows become popular?

3. What is the most American thing that he did, according to Kevin Jennings, the author of "American Dreams?"

4. What does Susan Douglas examine in her essay"Signs of Intelligent Life on TV?"

5. How do advertisers target kids as customers?

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