Multiple-Choice Quiz Problemset Title Introductory Text Multiple-Choice Quiz Question 1 What is the libertarian argument concerning violence? Hint: Type: Feedback for See page 255. Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback All speech, even violent speech, must be protected. Correct Only violent speech that reaches an underage Incorrect market can be edited; all other speech is sacrosanct. Question 2 There is no connection between violent programming and violent behavior. Incorrect The only violent "speech" that should be regulated is that in video games. Incorrect What was the focus of the 1985 Meese Commission? Hint: Type: Feedback for See page 255. Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Question 3 Type: Multiple Choice Answer Graded As pornography Correct sex crimes Incorrect sexual harrassment Incorrect domestic violence Incorrect Feedback The Meese Commission made 92 recommendations. Nearly all of them supported Hint: Feedback for See page 256. all incorrect answers: Question 4 Type: Multiple Choice Answer Graded As tougher enforcement of obscenity laws and even stricter measures against child pornography. Correct stronger anti-obscenity legislation and stricter definitions of sexual harassment. Incorrect tougher domestic violence sentencing guidelines and stricter definitions of child pornography. Incorrect clearer defnintions of "sex crimes" and tougher enforcement of obscenity laws. Incorrect Feedback On what basis did suicide victim John McCollum's family sue Ozzy Osborne and CBS Records? Hint: Feedback for See page 257. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As that the lyrics on Osborne's albums had a cumulative effect on McCollum and that CBS was negligent in disseminating the albums to the public Correct that Osborne and CBS knew the music they were creating and distributing was likely to cause some sort of violence and they had a responsibility to prevent it Incorrect Feedback that Osborne's public persona was a violent one and Incorrect that CBS contributed to that violent persona in promoting Osborne's albums that Osborne and CBS were negligent when they Incorrect marketed Osborne's music to teenagers because they knew of its potential for inciting violent behavior Question 5 Type: Multiple Choice What was the basis for Ronny Zamora's defense in his trial for the 1977 murder of his eighty-two-year-old neighbor? Hint: Feedback for See page 257. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As "involuntary television intoxication" Correct "excess exposure to media violence" Incorrect "media violence susceptibility syndrome" Incorrect "media-inspired involuntary violence" Incorrect Feedback Question 6 Which of the following is NOT an accurate description of the 1974 NBC broadcast of and controversy surrounding the televison program Born Innocent? Type: Multiple Choice Hint: Feedback for See page 258. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As It portrayed a rape and three days later a similar rape was committed in California. Incorrect Feedback NBC contended that the First Amendment protected Incorrect it from damages from alleged effects of a media program. Question 7 Type: Multiple Choice The American Library Association filed an amicus brief suggesting that if NBC was guilty then libraries might be the target of lawsuits based on crimes suggested by books. Incorrect All of these were aspects of the Born Innocent broadcast and case. Correct Which of the following filed a friend-of-the-court brief supporting the defendant in the case against NBC concering the Born Innocent case? Hint: Feedback for See page 258. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback Question 8 Type: Multiple Choice Question 9 Type: Multiple Choice the California Medical Association Correct the California Social Workers Association Incorrect the National Organition for Women Incorrect the American Civil Liberties Union Incorrect Jeremy Benthem stated that "Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters." What are they? Hint: Feedback for See page 259. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As pain and pleasure Correct good and evil Incorrect self and other Incorrect reason and emotion Incorrect Feedback What was the outcome of the cases against CBS (Osborne's record label) and NBC (the network that aired Born Innocent)? Hint: Feedback for See page 260. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Neither was found liable in the California courts. Correct CBS was fined; NBC was not found liable. Incorrect Feedback CBS was required to label music with explicit lyrics Incorrect and NBC was required to issue warnings, not just disclaimers, before airing violent content. Both were found liable, though the exact terms of the payments made to victims were sealed. Question 10 Incorrect What was the focus of Oliver Stone's 2006 film World Trade Center? Hint: Type: Feedback for See page 261. Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback the survival of two New York Port Authority police Correct officers the terrorist planning leading up to the event Incorrect the confused reaction to the bombings by the various responders Incorrect putting the event into a global context by comparing it to other terrorist attacks Incorrect Question 11 What term did Hannah Arendt use in observing Adolf Eichmann's trial and his apparent lack of motive for his actions (beyond personal advancement)? Type: Multiple Choice Hint: Feedback for See pages 261-262. all incorrect answers: Question 12 Answer Graded As the "banality of evil" Correct the "axis of evil" Incorrect the "soulessness of evil" Incorrect the "heart of darkness" Incorrect Feedback What are the Golden Mean's moral limits on violence? Hint: Type: Feedback for See page 262. Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As It must be used in proportion to need and only when Correct other means of reaching a just result have been exhausted. It is allowed only when the only person harmed will Incorrect Feedback be the person using violence. Question 13 It should be used only if the risk assessment tips toward a favorable outcome. Incorrect It is simply never allowed. Incorrect What is the most widely accepted set of moral boundaries on violence? Hint: Type: Feedback for See page 262. Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback Augustine's "just war" theory Correct the Judeo-Christian theory of "do unto others" Incorrect Niebuhr's "Christian realism" Incorrect Sun Tsu's The Art of War Incorrect Question 14 Researcher John DiFazio analyzed the comic book treatment of fourteen "American values" and found what concerning the value of "peaceful resolution of conflict"? Type: Multiple Choice Hint: Feedback for See page 263. all incorrect answers: Question 15 Answer Graded As It was one of the values least often portrayed. Correct It was never portrayed. Incorrect It was one of the values most often portrayed. Incorrect It was one of the values in the middle, neither the most- or least-often portrayed. Incorrect Feedback Which of the following BEST describes the comic book industry today? Hint: Type: Feedback for See page 264. Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As It grosses millions of dollars a year. Correct Feedback It is not dominated by a single publisher, but instead Incorrect has about a dozen small publishers which each have a lock on a specialty market all their own. Question 16 Its primary audience is adult men, between ages 18 and 35. Incorrect Though the media implies the entire genre is violent, a quick scan of any comic book store display rack will prove otherwise. Incorrect In the Potter Box analysis, what role do loyalties play? Hint: Type: Feedback for See page 265. Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As They keep us linked to the moral lives of others as an anchor to our own. Correct They serve as a moral "check" on our public actions. Incorrect They help us determine the weaknesses within our own characters. Incorrect Feedback They are reflections of our own values and morals. Incorrect Question 17 Who said, in 2005, "The disturbing material in Grand Theft Auto and games like it is stealing the innocence of our children, and it's making the difficult job of being a parent even harder."? Type: Multiple Choice Hint: Feedback for See page 266. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback Senator Hillary Clinton Correct Senator Joe Biden Incorrect Question 18 Type: Multiple Choice Vince Horiuchi, editor for the Salt Lake Tribune Incorrect researcher David Waddington Incorrect Why is the "No Russian" mission in Modern Warfare 2 the focus of such crtiticism? Hint: Feedback for See page 265. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As Feedback because players have no alternative where they can Correct refrain from killing the innocent because it uses an obsolete Cold War-era stereotype Incorrect of Russians because it is nothing more than a portal to be able to access an embedded sex-simulation ninigame Incorrect because players cannot avoid being confronted with Incorrect sexual violence against women Question 19 Which of the following BEST describes Modern Warfare 2? Hint: Type: Feedback for See page 265. Multiple Choice all incorrect answers: Question 20 Type: Multiple Choice Answer Graded As It has been praised by gamers and reviewers alike. Correct It hasn't been successful in the marketplace. Incorrect Its violent content is softened somewhat because the player is often an observer rather than a participant. Incorrect All these answers are correct. Incorrect Feedback Which of the following BEST describes the link between violent video games and aggressive thoughts and behaviors? Hint: Feedback for See pages 265-266. all incorrect answers: Answer Graded As There is conflicting research. Correct The two are clearly linked, based on multiple research studies. Incorrect It is more imagined than real. Incorrect The two are clearly not linked, based on multiple research studies. Incorrect Feedback