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Higher Education

Gasher: Chapter 02

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) Aboriginal
b) the Prairies
c) immigrant groups
d) Both a and c

Question 2:


a) the threat that French-Canadian media poses to English speaking culture
b) the threat that foreign media will overrun local media
c) the threat to family structure that media content poses
d) None of the above

Question 3:


a) strengthening copyright legislation
b) establishing a fund to promote the development of new media content
c) developing a policy to promote digital applications and products
d) All of the above

Question 4:


a) probes
b) spaces
c) hieroglyphs
d) villages

Question 5:


a) radio
b) television
c) internet
d) Both b and c

Question 6:


a) a time bias
b) a space bias
c) its oral traditions
d) None of the above

Question 7:


a) Google
b) Wikipedia
c) Instagram
d) Both a and b

Question 8:


a) a general process of intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic development
b) the body of institutions and relationships within which a large group of people lives
c) painting
d) All of the above

Question 9:


a) weaving
b) traditional dance
c) rock and roll
d) symphonies

Question 10:


a) storytelling
b) ballet
c) popular music
d) reality TV

Question 11:


a) 5 percent
b) 15 percent
c) 25 percent
d) 50 percent

Question 12:


a) without it, foreign media may eclipse or overwhelm Canadian media
b) Canadians do not have enough choice in international media products
c) American media products are inherently better than their Canadian counterparts
d) Both a and b

Question 13:


a) as businesses themselves
b) as part of consumer culture
c) as part of the information economy
d) All of the above

Question 14:


a) production for profit
b) wage labour
c) community ownership
d) Both a and b

Question 15:


a) official languages
b) customs
c) songs
d) All of the above

Question 16:


a) social class
b) family
c) education
d) All of the above

Question 17:


a) an oral society
b) a literate society
c) an electronic society
d) epic poetry

Question 18:


a) mnemonic devices
b) imagined communities
c) common lyrical bonds
d) a desire for writing over poetry

Question 19:


a) Walter Ong
b) Harold Innis
c) Marshall McLuhan
d) Howard Bloomberg

Question 20:


a) human agency
b) technology
c) memory
d) writing

Question 21:


a) time-binding
b) new
c) traditional
d) time-sensitive

Question 22:


a) literacy
b) enjoyment
c) presentation
d) participation

Question 23:


a) True
b) False

Question 24:


a) True
b) False

Question 25:


a) True
b) False

Question 26:


a) True
b) False

Question 27:


a) True
b) False

Question 28:


a) True
b) False

Question 29:


a) True
b) False

Question 30:


a) True
b) False

Question 31:


a) True
b) False

Question 32:


a) True
b) False

Question 33:


a) True
b) False

Question 34:


a) True
b) False

Question 35:


a) True
b) False

Question 36:


a) True
b) False

Question 37:


a) True
b) False

Question 38:


a) True
b) False

Question 39:


a) True
b) False