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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which character is a computer-created icon, according to N'Gai Croal and Jane Hughes?
(a) Anne of Green Gables.
(b) Barbie.
(c) Lara Croft.
(d) American Girl.

2. What is the essay "Unnatural Selection" about?
(a) Use of gene selection to make a super female athlete who wins over the male counterpart.
(b) Use of steroids in sports to make a winning athlete.
(c) Use of computer engineering to create robotic sports.
(d) Use of genetic engineering in sports to make a super athlete.

3. What is the impact of race depiction in popular culture?
(a) Racial stereotyping that comes across as natural to the depicted race.
(b) Stereotyping that comes across as artificial.
(c) Understanding of differences in traditions.
(d) Understanding of differences in cultures.

4. What does Neil Bernstein, in "Goin' Gangsta, Chosin' Cholita," posit?
(a) Suburban teens want to claim a new racial identity based on their preferences.
(b) Suburban teens want to become gang members and have a new identity.
(c) Inner city youth want a new racial identity based on their preferences.
(d) Inner city youth want a new gangster identity based on their preferences.

5. 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 power are important in understanding gender differences.
(d) Both nature and nurture are important in understanding gender differences.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is "New York's Most Disliked Building?"

2. Who is one of the best and most world famous American cultural icons, according to Michael Eric Dyson?

3. What is theme marketing?

4. Which sports are the leisure activities of the upper class, according to the textbook authors?

5. How does Michael Omi state that Americans commonly judge a person's character?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main argument of the essay "Athletics 101: A Change in Eligibility Rules is Long Overdue," by Frank Deford?

2. What is overt racism? What is inferential racism?

3. What is the main argument made by the essay "Women and Children First: Gender and the Settling of the Electronic Frontier," by Laura Miller?

4. Who saw boxing as a way to a better life, according to the authors of the textbook in "It's Not Just a Game: Sports and American Culture Summary and Analysis?"

5. How does Martha Stewart represent the culture of consumption, according to "The Assault on Martha Stewart," by Mark Caldwell?

6. What is the Pueblo American Indian perception of space and its utilization? How does this conflict with the Euro American perception of space utilization?

7. What is a gender code?

8. What is the essay "Of Cholos and Surfers," by Jack Lopez, about?

9. What does the semiotic reading of a show like Sex and the City reveal, according to the textbook authors?

10. What is the key point made by Bell Hooks in her essay "Baby?"

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