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GEAH PPC Module 3 Popular Culture and the Culture Industry

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

(a)   is a term used by social thinkers Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer.

2.

Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer describe how popular culture in the capitalist society functions like an _____

a)

envelop

b)

industry

c)

individual

d)

enchanter

3.

Popular culture in the capitalist society functions like an “industry” in producing standardized _______ which produce standardized _____ .

a)

products - income

b)

people-products

c)

products-people

d)

products-capital

4.

Adorno and Horkheimer believed the collective output of ___________________ possessed no redeeming qualities.

a)

Showbiz

b)

Hollywood

c)

Bollywood

d)

teleserye

5.

They also believe these industries possessed motives enforcing people to accept what is applied namely to suppress _____ and yield the masses not to engage in any social and ____ participation.

a)

imagination -political

b)

imagination - environmental

c)

emotions - political

d)

creativity - political

6.

Pop Culture is not created through artistic or intellectual merit but for the least risky avenue for making more (a)   .

7.

(a)   Culture is a collection of products under the culture industry.

8.

Products under the culture industry are ________for mass consumption only for income.

a)

created

b)

marketed

c)

distributed

d)

all of the above

9.

“ (a)   life is becoming indistinguishable from the movies.”

10.

“Hollywood films are responsible for the stunning of the mass media consumer’s power of ______.”

a)

capitalism

b)

observation

c)

love

d)

imagination

11.

The culture industry as a whole has molded men as type unfailingly ______ in every product.

a)

produced

b)

molded

c)

reproduced

d)

awed

12.

Culture Industry was proposed by Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer of the _____ school in 1944.

a)

Frankfurt

b)

Feldman

c)

St. Paul

d)

Stadel

13.

Culture Industry was presented as critical vocabulary in the chapter “The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass _______”

a)

Dictator

b)

Culture

c)

Deception

d)

Hysteria

14.

Culture Industry states that we are actually all the (a)   .

15.

The creation of the perception that we live in a good and rational society is one of the major roles of Culture Industry.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

16.

The truth is that we are buying products because _____.

a)

you saw it once on TV

b)

it is frequently publicized

c)

you have extra money to spare

d)

it was promoted by your idol

17.

We are truthfully as much of a commodity as the product itself.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

18.

We want to be different; thus, we conclude we are being _____ but we are actually all the same.

a)

different

b)

individual

c)

special

d)

unique

19.

Pop stars are human beings treated as manufactured goods that can be ______ or replicated, just like a Barbie doll or an iPod.

a)

bought

b)

purchased

c)

secured

d)

sold

20.

Looking at Adorno’s first essay on popular music, he describes popular music as being _____.

a)

repetitive

b)

shallow

c)

boring

d)

rhythmic

21.

Mass Deception and Social Control is a form of _____.

a)

deception

b)

slavery

c)

oppression

d)

entertainment

22.

Culture industry prefers effects and style over substance and content.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

23.

Mass culture would not be popular if people did not _____ them.

a)

appreciate

b)

buy

c)

enjoy

d)

use

24.

The final point that Adorno and Horkheimer stressed is that mass culture is a distraction.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

25.

Adorno and Horkheimer stressed the point that in society today, we are stuck in standardization when it comes to media, we are ______.

a)

stuck on repeat

b)

stuck on you

c)

stuck on advertising

d)

stuck with it