Question 1

Which one of the following words doesn't have a meaningful parallel term?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ladies 
B)  Bridegroom 
C)  Heroine 
D)  Widower 
E)  Slut

Question 2

Where in the Bible does the reader first encounter the primacy of men in the text?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Book of Numbers 
B)  The Book of Exodus 
C)  The Book of Job 
D)  The Book of Genesis 
E)  The Book of Ruth

Question 3

The title Miss originally was an abbreviation of the "mistress".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Why do words undergo semantic transformations and often lose their original meanings and associations?

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Question 5

Which one of the following is an activity that does not allow "burnout boys" to demonstrate their masculinity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rumbling 
B)  Working on cars 
C)  Drinking Alcohol 
D)  Reading 
E)  Dirt-Biking

Question 6

Which one of the following is not an unmarked category?

Accepted Answer

A)  Atheists 
B)  Men 
C)  Heterosexual 
D)  White 
E)  Able-Bodied

Question 7

Explain how the gender-neutral pronoun Yo appeared unexpectedly from African American youth in Baltimore in the late 20^th century.

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Question 8

How do hairstyles represent an important example of symbolic communication beyond words?

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Question 9

Which is the appropriate gender-neutral alternative to the phrase "Men Working"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Men and Women Working 
B)  Males and Females Working 
C)  Guys Working 
D)  They are Working 
E)  People Working

Question 10

How do certain social groups use reverse discourse to transform a stigmatized word into a source of empowerment and grassroots mobilization for positive change?

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Question 11

What are the different grammatical alternatives that people use to avoid using the generic he in the English language?

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Question 12

In her 1994 study, anthropologist and linguist Janet Hill studied women who spoke a combination of which indigenous language and Spanish?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish and Kikapú 
B)  Spanish and Mixe 
C)  Spanish and Garifuna 
D)  Spanish and Nahuatl 
E)  Spanish and Itza

Question 13

Why has the term mankind persisted despite the increase in the use of the word "humankind" in scholarly texts and popular writing since 1970?

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Question 14

How are the terms lady and gentlemen frequently used asymmetrically?

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Question 15

Gender represents a notion based on repetitive series of acts.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Why does the theory of performativity reject the notion that we have only one true self?

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Question 17

Explain how women sometimes use standard language as a strategy for economic upward mobility.

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Question 18

What word in Spanish is supposed to be the contemporary equivalent to the English-language title Ms.?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sa. 
B)  Sra. 
C)  Srta. 
D)  Doña 
E)  Ud.

Question 19

Which expression does not represent an example of a male-generic term?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mankind 
B)  Lumberjack 
C)  Homemaker 
D)  Manned 
E)  Masterful

Question 20

Which one of the following scholars asserted that sexist language has the "effect of minimizing women's importance and diverting attention away from their very existence"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud 
B)  Brian Earp 
C)  William Roscoe 
D)  Julia T. Wood 
E)  George Lakoff

Exam 2: Language and Communication