Quiz

Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1		Popular critics often add to our appreciation or enjoyment because their enhanced expertise allows _____________ to which we have no direct access.
			A)	questions
			B)	preference
			C)	analysis
			D)	insight
			E)	conditional connections
2		The hallmark of a popular critic is a sign or symbol of ____________ or _____________.
			A)	approval/disapproval
			B)	anger/calm
			C)	location/dislocation
			D)	freedom/captivity
			E)	use/non-use
3		Often sheer ___________ or ___________ constraints force popular critics to give us only a glimpse of their true expertise.
			A)	time/space
			B)	economic/financial
			C)	government/civic
			D)	personal/educational
			E)	weight/height
4		The goal of a popular critic is to make money for ________________.
			A)	the critic
			B)	the critic's employer
			C)	movie production companies
			D)	television networks
			E)	a & b
5		In addition to making money popular critics may wish to _______________ their audience members.
			A)	inform
			B)	enlighten
			C)	tantalize
			D)	provoke
			E)	all of the above
6		David Manning was a ______________ critic who worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
			A)	fair
			B)	educated
			C)	elite
			D)	phony
			E)	difficult
7		A terrible (or "stinker") film will often be kept under ____________ with no ______________ allowed to ____________ it.
			A)	budget/producer/market
			B)	legal protection/judge/view
			C)	scrutiny/actors/trash
			D)	wraps/critics/see
			E)	oath/lawyers/preview
8		The impact of a popular critic can be __________________.
			A)	intellectual
			B)	minimal
			C)	profound
			D)	a & b
			E)	b & c
9		Rhetorical critics seek to _______________ understand the impact and influence of messages that reach public audiences.
			A)	systematically
			B)	personally
			C)	socially
			D)	institutionally
			E)	hopefully
10		The impact of rhetorical critics is often ____________.
			A)	delayed
			B)	immediate
			C)	conventional
			D)	unconventional
			E)	visible
11		Rhetorical critics have been investigating _________________ for over 85 years.
			A)	speeches
			B)	social movements
			C)	movies
			D)	tv programs
			E)	all of the above
12		Rhetorical critics cannot simply persuade their readers to a(n) ________________________________.
			A)	systematic analysis
			B)	informed preference
			C)	condensed perspective
			D)	careful analysis
			E)	peer preference
13		Hubbard and Hasian Jr. investigated the museum decision to exhibit the _______________________.
			A)	Buffalo Ribs
			B)	Boston T-line
			C)	Alamo Artifacts
			D)	Enola Gay
			E)	Fredrick Murray
14		The analysis of rhetorical critics can often only be ________________ by a ___________ number of similarly educated people.
			A)	rewritten/large
			B)	understood/small
			C)	translated/large
			D)	carried/limited
			E)	a & c
15		Rhetorical criticism typically happens in _________________ stages.
			A)	two
			B)	three
			C)	five
			D)	seven
			E)	four
16		Rhetorical critics typically write to other rhetorical critics.
			A)	True
			B)	False
17		One of the most typical responses by judges or reviewers of rhetorical criticism submitted for publication is: publish with new authors.
			A)	True
			B)	False
18		Pre-critical (before systematic rhetorical analysis) understandings of communication patterns and practices were typically built on trial and error.
			A)	True
			B)	False
19		Approximately 15,000 rhetorical or analytic critics seek to systematically understand the characteristics and functions of public or mass-mediated messages.
			A)	True
			B)	False
20		The goal of rhetorical critics is to advance knowledge about how public messages are used in human communication.
			A)	True
			B)	False
21		The process by which rhetorical criticism is published in referred journals is laborious, slow, and arduous.
			A)	True
			B)	False
22		Rhetorical critics rarely mull over public messages in an informal way.
			A)	True
			B)	False
23		Professor Taylor investigated how competing groups remember the battle of the Alamo.
			A)	True
			B)	False
24		For almost all popular critics, a larger audience is better than a small one.
			A)	True
			B)	False
25		Popular critics rarely have an educated basis for their views or evaluations.
			A)	True
			B)	False