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1

The history of Muted Group Theory can be traced to which of the following disciplines?
A)sociology
B)communication
C)education
D)cultural anthropology
2

Working mothers who put in eight hours at their paid job and then come home to do additional hours of work represent which of the following phenomena?
A)shift work
B)the second shift
C)the work/home shift dualism
D)the work/home shift dilemma
3

Which of the following is not identified in the process of silencing?
A)ridicule
B)ritual
C)harassment
D)engagement
4

To assert that men are gatekeepers is to claim that:
A)women have allowed men to control the media
B)women have allowed men to control the personal relationships
C)men have decided what goes in the history books
D)women have decided what goes in the history books
5

Women's oral histories, diaries, and journals have been identified by Kramarae as:
A)celebrated discourse
B)timely discourse
C)trivial discourse
D)feminist discourse
6

Muted Group Theory primarily employs which of the following methodologies?
A)textual analysis
B)ethnography
C)statistical analysis
D)applied linguistics
7

According to Muted Group Theory, what occurs when men interrupt women?
A)Men usually stop to allow women to finish their thoughts.
B)Women often switch to talk about what topic men raise.
C)Men often switch to talk about what topic women raise.
D)Women frequently "hold their ground" in the conversation.
8

One of the ways in which the dominant group gains control over the muted group is through:
A)language
B)nonverbal communication
C)the use of symbols
D)reasoning
9

Which of the following characteristics is not ascribed to dominant groups, as articulated by Kramarae?
A)able bodied
B)young
C)white
D)gay
10

Nancy Chodorow's The Reproduction of Mothering suggests that discourses silence:
A)mothers
B)children
C)fathers
D)the media







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