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Question #1
Ferdinand de Saussure used the term "signified" to refer to:
A.
The object or concept the word refers to.
B.
A word's meaning.
C.
The word itself.
D.
All of these answers
Question #2
US cultural critic bell hooks deals with popular cultural images because:
A.
She believes students can understand theory when it is related to examples from popular culture.
B.
Because she wants to help students think critically about their lives.
C.
All of these answers
D.
She is convinced that representations are meaningful.
Question #3
Edward Said's concept of "Orientalism":
A.
All of these answers.
B.
Has nothing to do with current world affairs.
C.
Has to do with how people from Western culture (i.e., Europe and the US) view those from the Near East and Far East.
D.
Has to do with how people from the Near and Far East view people from Western culture.
Question #4
The term "bipolar opposition" is used to refer to a linked pair of concepts:
A.
All of these answers
B.
In which one is valued over the other.
C.
In which the concepts are in conflict.
D.
In which both concepts are considered absolutes.
Question #5
The male/female bipolar opposition is considered "the primary opposition within western metaphysics."
A.
TRUE
B.
FALSE
Question #6
Becoming visually literate means:
A.
all of these answers
B.
developing a critical awareness of mass media images
C.
understanding the intended, evolving and received meanings of images
D.
being able to understand, interpret and evaluate the significance of images in our lives.
Question #7
The site that marks the transition from an oral tradition to a pictographic writing tradition is
A.
Ancient Iraq
B.
Ancient Africa
C.
Ancient Greece
Question #8
Native art connects the natural world with
A.
the community
B.
none of these answers
C.
the individual
D.
all of these answers
E.
the spiritual
Question #9
The relationship between the Signifier and the Signified is NEVER
A.
natural
B.
arbitrary
C.
determined by culture
D.
all of these answers
Question #10
Binary opposites contribute to establishing stereotypes:
A.
FALSE
B.
TRUE
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