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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is theme marketing?
2. What was the purpose of the builders of the world Trade Center, according to Eric Boehlert?
3. What does the essay, "Warrior Dreams," by James William Gibson, point out?
4. What does the term gender refer to?
5. What is the sign represented by cubicles in an office, according to Daphne Spain?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the Pueblo American Indian perception of space and its utilization? How does this conflict with the Euro American perception of space utilization?
2. What are the conflicting values in the essay by Rina Swentzell, "Conflicting Landscape Values: The Santa Clara Pueblo and Day School?"
3. What is the Elvis effect, according to Paul C. Taylor?
4. How does language mark women? Explain your point using an example.
5. How does Barbie reinforce women's perception about perfect body image, according to "Our Barbies, Ourselves," by Emily Prager?
6. How do toys reflect the changing culture and attitudes?
7. Why were women left out of college sports until the Title IX legislation was passed?
8. How did baseball become a national pastime?
9. What is "New York's Most Disliked Building?" and why?
10. Why is semiotics of sports crucial?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do news programs promote popular culture and the concept of the American dream? Support your arguments based on the semiotic analysis of a news telecast or a weekly news program.
Essay Topic 2
How is inferential racism prevalent around us through positive and negative images of racial minorities? Give some examples to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Both Camilo Jose´Vergara and Lucy Lippard examine the signs of city and urban landscape. Compare and contrast their views of the cities. How do you agree or disagree with their views?
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