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Question #1
Ferdinand de Saussure used the term "signified" to refer to:
A.   All of these answers
B.   The word itself.
C.   A word's meaning.
D.   The object or concept the word refers to.
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.   She is convinced that representations are meaningful.
C.   Because she wants to help students think critically about their lives.
D.   All of these answers
Question #3
Edward Said's concept of "Orientalism":
A.   Has to do with how people from Western culture (i.e., Europe and the US) view those from the Near East and Far East.
B.   All of these answers.
C.   Has to do with how people from the Near and Far East view people from Western culture.
D.   Has nothing to do with current world affairs.
Question #4
The term "bipolar opposition" is used to refer to a linked pair of concepts:
A.   In which the concepts are in conflict.
B.   In which both concepts are considered absolutes.
C.   In which one is valued over the other.
D.   All of these answers
Question #5
The male/female bipolar opposition is considered "the primary opposition within western metaphysics."
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
Becoming visually literate means:
A.   developing a critical awareness of mass media images
B.   all of these answers
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 Greece
C.   Ancient Africa
Question #8
Native art connects the natural world with
A.   the community
B.   none of these answers
C.   the individual
D.   the spiritual
E.   all of these answers
Question #9
The relationship between the Signifier and the Signified is NEVER
A.   all of these answers
B.   arbitrary
C.   natural
D.   determined by culture
Question #10
Binary opposites contribute to establishing stereotypes:
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE

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