Quiz

Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1		Genetic scientists are influenced by ___________________.
			A)	physical world power
			B)	social power
			C)	language power
			D)	geolatic power
			E)	a, b, and c
2		Selection, deflection, and reflection are the __________________________ of language use according to Burke.
			A)	very essence
			B)	odd exception
			C)	initial impulse
			D)	distant cousin
			E)	confusion factor
3		Rather than think of words as a given label, we should think of a word as a highly compressed set of ______________________.
			A)	letters
			B)	grammatical function
			C)	instructions
			D)	cultural decisions
			E)	attributes
4		Using the term "revolution" allows business people to justify and expect ______________ change in procedure, products, and sales.
			A)	inverted
			B)	extruded
			C)	incremental
			D)	substantial
			E)	reversed
5		The _________________ of our behavior are in language choices we use or accept.
			A)	colors
			B)	depths
			C)	ceilings
			D)	legalities
			E)	seeds
6		A talented chef at an upscale restaurant may see a strong difference between a pork producer and a ____________________ when selecting pork meat.
			A)	hog farmer
			B)	vegetable farmer
			C)	dairy cow
			D)	llama farmer
			E)	fish farmer
7		We _______________ most words from previous generations of language users and modifiers.
			A)	alter
			B)	inherit
			C)	reject
			D)	ignore
			E)	celebrate
8		Legal definitions of words have ______________ impact on court cases and people's lives.
			A)	profound
			B)	little
			C)	inverse
			D)	proverse
			E)	chronological
9		Lucky Eddie, in the Hagar cartoon, was having a hard time understanding Viking _________________.
			A)	history
			B)	standards
			C)	ideology
			D)	weapons
			E)	language
10		The "No Outlet" sign promotes _________________ via the use of language.
			A)	public safety
			B)	ideological meaning
			C)	public jobs
			D)	public dispute
			E)	symptomatic meaning
11		Thomas Jefferson understood that language is central to ___________ and _______________________.
			A)	war/power
			B)	politics/food
			C)	maps/transportation
			D)	culture/governance
			E)	thought/transportation
12		Most academic definitions of ideology hold that ____________ is the key to creating the personal, social, economic, and governmental structures that guide, promote, and constrain our lives.
			A)	money
			B)	law
			C)	language
			D)	geography
			E)	education
13		Frentz and Rushing believe the movie Jaws initially borrowed from a __________________________ myth about frontier hunters.
			A)	Native American
			B)	Dutch Boorer
			C)	English merchant
			D)	Boston immigrant
			E)	Computer matrix
14		Communication resources, as discovered by Parry-Giles, can operate at both within a ____________ and ______________ ideology.
			A)	legislative/presidential
			B)	professional/cultural
			C)	time/location
			D)	education/poverty
			E)	blue/red
15		Ideographs are typically _______________ abstractions.
			A)	concrete
			B)	high-order
			C)	confusing
			D)	unknown
			E)	rejected
16		We much more often communicate by statements of proposition than by stories or metaphor.
			A)	True
			B)	False
17		PETA (and most other activist organizations) typically avoid using language to guide public perception of controversial issues.
			A)	True
			B)	False
18		The difference in meaning between an "antique" and a "collectible" is well known and not open to negotiation.
			A)	True
			B)	False
19		Carol Tavris believes that law and culture are much more important than language in understanding the way women are treated in contemporary culture.
			A)	True
			B)	False
20		Our expectations of different social types of people are built by language.
			A)	True
			B)	False
21		If school students during most of the 20th century had been taught that Columbus invaded America, the 500-year anniversary would have likely been less of a cultural celebration.
			A)	True
			B)	False
22		Frentz and Rushing believe that a dangerous mythic creature in a Hollywood film such as Jaws can be seen as a threat to both individual males and to a political system.
			A)	True
			B)	False
23		Trujillo's research demonstrates that while ideology typically is manipulated in political or economic messages, it is typically not manipulated in media messages about celebrities.
			A)	True
			B)	False
24		Ideographs often act as "pivot" words on which we settle cultural disputes.
			A)	True
			B)	False
25		The cultural term "cool" is a prime example of an ideograph.
			A)	True
			B)	False