Read each question carefully and select the best answer.

1		Stuart Hall's original argument in Cultural Studies was that the media were tools to:
			A)	persuade people
			B)	keep the powerful in control
			C)	promote understanding among people
			D)	reduce uncertainties
2		Hall drew many of his ideas from:
			A)	Marxism
			B)	Communism
			C)	Socialism
			D)	democratic ideals
3		A key assumption of Cultural Studies is that people are part of a hierarchical structure of:
			A)	culture
			B)	mediated communication
			C)	power
			D)	ideology
4		According to Cultural Studies, _____________ in our culture is strongly affected by the media.
			A)	industry
			B)	hierarchy
			C)	advertising
			D)	meaning
5		_____________ refers to the dominant culture and its power over other co-cultures present in a nation.
			A)	Hegemony
			B)	Theatre of struggle
			C)	Culture wars
			D)	Dominance
6		_____________ refers to an audience resisting the messages of the dominant group.
			A)	Theatre of struggle
			B)	Resistance phase
			C)	Social struggle
			D)	Counter hegemony
7		Cultural Studies suggests that mediated messages must be _____________ by the mass audience.
			A)	accepted
			B)	resisted
			C)	decoded
			D)	encoded
8		Audience members may engage in a(n) _____________ position, which occurs when they substitute an alternative code for the code supplied by the media.
			A)	negotiated
			B)	communicated
			C)	oppositional
			D)	dominant
9		Cultural Studies has been criticized for its insistence on a(n) _____________ audience.
			A)	active
			B)	passive
			C)	knowledgeable
			D)	intuitive
10		Cultural Studies originated in _____________, and some critics think it cannot be effectively extended to other cultures.
			A)	the United States
			B)	Britain
			C)	Australia
			D)	Germany