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1. Quiz Why is there a war between the Spaceballs and Planet Druidia in Spaceballs?
a. The Spaceballs have nothing better to do than attack others.
b. The Spaceballs want to steal the oxygen from Planet Druidia.
c. Dark Helmut wants to marry Princess Vespa.
d. Pizza the Hut blackmails the Spaceballs into attacking Druidia.
2. What causes King Roland to give away the air shield combination in Spaceballs?
a. Dark Helmut threatens to feed Princess Helmut to flesh-eating sharks.
b. Dark Helmut forces Prince Helmut to drink espresso until he wakes up.
c. Dark Helmut threatens to freeze Lone Starr in carbonite and give his body to
Pizza the Hut.
d. Dark Helmut hires a plastic surgeon to reverse Princess Vespas nose job.
3. What kind of creature is Barf in Spaceballs?
a. Mog
b. Robot
c. Wookie
d. Borg
4. According to Stuart Hall, a sign is a word, sound, or image which conveys meaning.
a. True
5. How does Stuart Hall believe that meaning is constructed in language?
a. Reflective
b. Intentional
c. Constructionist
d. None of the above
6. Which of the following scenarios demonstrates the intentional method of language
construction?
a. Churchill popularized V for victory which later became the peace sign.
b. In 2007, editors added the word ginormous to Merriam-Webster.
c. Americans know to stop when a traffic light turns red.
d. Toby decided to start referring to as fudge pudge.
7. Although people perceive the world differently, they are still able to communicate with
each other through language and ________________.
a. gestures
b. shared conceptual maps
c. education
d. instinct
8. Benedict Anderson believes the nation is potentially limitless because boundaries are
always changing.
a. False
9. Why does Benedict Anderson define nations as imagined communities?
a. Nations are arbitrary creations of a hegemonic group and thus do not reflect the
realities of a given community.
b. Citizens of the same nation may never meet each other, but they think of
themselves as comrades, people joined together by their similar beliefs and
values.
c. The concept of a nation originated in the 18th century, and this concept ignores the
deep roots which have existed in communities prior to that time period.
d. Nations are constantly evolving and changing due to revolutions and wars.
10. Why have the terms nation and nationalism proved difficult to define?
a. No one is interested in defining them.
b. Scholars cannot agree on how to define a nation, and so, they keep inventing new
definitions.
c. Everyone should have a nationality in the same way that they should have a
gender.
d. Nations all espouse different political ideologies and beliefs, a fact that prevents
historians and nationalists from reaching a consensual definition.