MCO 473 / MCO473 QUIZ 2
QUESTION 1
1. What is true about AFI's "100 Years . . . 100 Passions," the American
Film Institute's 2002 listing of the 100 most passionate U.S. films of all
times (part of a Session Follow-up)?
The number one (most romantic) movie on the list is “Gone With
the Wind” (1939).
The actress who starred in more of the 100 films than any other
actress is Julia Roberts.
Most of the movies listed as the top 10 greatest love stories feature
couples who end up together at the end and whose relationships
are basically healthy, good models (in other words, "realistic"
according to Dr. Galician’s Prescriptions©).
All of the above are CORRECT.
All of the above are INCORRECT.
1 points
QUESTION 2
1. As noted in your SLR textbook: According to Baran, a culture’s values
and beliefs reside in its stories, which “help us define our realities” —
shaping and reflecting the ways we think, feel, and act. Mediated
stories — whether fiction or non-fiction — thus have great power, so
we have a responsibility to question them when they contain unhealthy
myths and stereotypes.
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 3
1. As described in your SLR textbook, the appeal of mediated myths and stereotypes is:
their simplicity, dramatic symbols, lack of responsibility, and
addicting intermittent reinforcement (Galician)
their conflict and "contest" with a sports-like sense of the hope of "winning and
losing"(Ackerman)
their child-like "wish-fulfillment" and the nostalgic search for an imaginary golden
age (Frye)
All of the above are CORRECT.
All of the above are INCORRECT.
1 points
, QUESTION 4
1. As described in your SLR textbook, what is correct about the history of
the mass media?
Books are considered the first mass medium, thanks to Johannes
Gutenberg's invention of the movable type in 1456 (and the
printing press), which changed the world forever.
In the United States, the media became "mass" in 1833, when the
cost of a daily newspaper came down to a penny and, thus, reached
a truly mass audience.
Movies (silent at first) — the first electronic medium — became a
mass medium almost immediately after their introduction at the
end of the 19th Century (and beginning of the 20th Century).
All of the above are CORRECT.
All of the above are INCORRECT.
1 points
QUESTION 5
1. As discussed in SLR: The seriousness of a text is a clue to how we are
to interpret and internalize mediated messages; for example:
Tragedy arouses pity and fear because the sympathetic main
character is defeated in an important moral struggle by superior
forces.
Comedy is viewed with more detachment than tragic texts, though
we might be emotionally involved.
Sentimentality indicates the text’s creator is trying to reach us
emotionally rather than by reason or realism.
All of the above are CORRECT.
All of the above are INCORRECT.
1 points
QUESTION 6
1. As demonstrated by the video clip of the dance at the gym in “West Side Story” that
was part of a Session Follow-up: Camera techniques and music can convey emotions
of characters and present myths or stereotypes without any dialogue at all.
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 7
1. As suggested by the Writer’s Digest article "12 Secrets to Hot Love Scenes" that was
posted as part of a reading assignment, conflict (mentioned in several of the article’s
tips) is a major factor in writing love scenes in a mainstream novel.
QUESTION 1
1. What is true about AFI's "100 Years . . . 100 Passions," the American
Film Institute's 2002 listing of the 100 most passionate U.S. films of all
times (part of a Session Follow-up)?
The number one (most romantic) movie on the list is “Gone With
the Wind” (1939).
The actress who starred in more of the 100 films than any other
actress is Julia Roberts.
Most of the movies listed as the top 10 greatest love stories feature
couples who end up together at the end and whose relationships
are basically healthy, good models (in other words, "realistic"
according to Dr. Galician’s Prescriptions©).
All of the above are CORRECT.
All of the above are INCORRECT.
1 points
QUESTION 2
1. As noted in your SLR textbook: According to Baran, a culture’s values
and beliefs reside in its stories, which “help us define our realities” —
shaping and reflecting the ways we think, feel, and act. Mediated
stories — whether fiction or non-fiction — thus have great power, so
we have a responsibility to question them when they contain unhealthy
myths and stereotypes.
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 3
1. As described in your SLR textbook, the appeal of mediated myths and stereotypes is:
their simplicity, dramatic symbols, lack of responsibility, and
addicting intermittent reinforcement (Galician)
their conflict and "contest" with a sports-like sense of the hope of "winning and
losing"(Ackerman)
their child-like "wish-fulfillment" and the nostalgic search for an imaginary golden
age (Frye)
All of the above are CORRECT.
All of the above are INCORRECT.
1 points
, QUESTION 4
1. As described in your SLR textbook, what is correct about the history of
the mass media?
Books are considered the first mass medium, thanks to Johannes
Gutenberg's invention of the movable type in 1456 (and the
printing press), which changed the world forever.
In the United States, the media became "mass" in 1833, when the
cost of a daily newspaper came down to a penny and, thus, reached
a truly mass audience.
Movies (silent at first) — the first electronic medium — became a
mass medium almost immediately after their introduction at the
end of the 19th Century (and beginning of the 20th Century).
All of the above are CORRECT.
All of the above are INCORRECT.
1 points
QUESTION 5
1. As discussed in SLR: The seriousness of a text is a clue to how we are
to interpret and internalize mediated messages; for example:
Tragedy arouses pity and fear because the sympathetic main
character is defeated in an important moral struggle by superior
forces.
Comedy is viewed with more detachment than tragic texts, though
we might be emotionally involved.
Sentimentality indicates the text’s creator is trying to reach us
emotionally rather than by reason or realism.
All of the above are CORRECT.
All of the above are INCORRECT.
1 points
QUESTION 6
1. As demonstrated by the video clip of the dance at the gym in “West Side Story” that
was part of a Session Follow-up: Camera techniques and music can convey emotions
of characters and present myths or stereotypes without any dialogue at all.
True
False
1 points
QUESTION 7
1. As suggested by the Writer’s Digest article "12 Secrets to Hot Love Scenes" that was
posted as part of a reading assignment, conflict (mentioned in several of the article’s
tips) is a major factor in writing love scenes in a mainstream novel.
