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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 the essay "A Patriot's Tale" about?
2. Who is famous for promoting Nike?
3. Which of the following statements is false?
4. How does Daphne Spain describe the workplace in the 90s in her essay "Spatial Segregation and Gender Stratification in the Workplace?"
5. According to the textbook authors, what is a common assumption people make about racism?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?"
2. What is the main point made by Lucy Lippard in her essay "The Alternating Currents?"
3. What are the conflicting values in the essay by Rina Swentzell, "Conflicting Landscape Values: The Santa Clara Pueblo and Day School?"
4. What is the Pueblo American Indian perception of space and its utilization? How does this conflict with the Euro American perception of space utilization?
5. How do toys like Barbie teach consumption to kids, according to Gary Cross, author of "Barbie, G.I. Joe, and Play in the 1960s?"
6. What is "New York's Most Disliked Building?" and why?
7. What is the main point of Camilo Jose´ Vergara's "The Ghetto Cityscape?"
8. According to the essay "Boys--R- Us: Board Game and the Socialization of Young Adolescent Girls," by Jennifer Scanlon, what do gender specific toys and games teach children?
9. Why were women left out of college sports until the Title IX legislation was passed?
10. How does language mark women? Explain your point using an example.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What are the main principles behind Martha Stewart's success? Using examples cited in the text book along with the ideas expressed by the author, outline the main principles. Explain if you agree or disagree with those main principles
Essay Topic 2
Advertising is everywhere. How do the markets target you and your classmates into becoming consumers? Apply the semiotic method to analyze consumption as one of the aspects of popular culture.
Essay Topic 3
Explain your perception of what the American dream is and what it means to you to be an American. Write a position paper on the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) people's rights to achieve the American dream.
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