Αμερικανικοί Θρύλοι

WEEK 11

Note: To help you prepare, you may read:

The “Introduction” and the “Conclusion” of Paul Reddin’s book Wild West Shows

Jacques Lacan, “The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I as Revealed in Psychoanalytic Experience”

Ερώτηση 1 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

The Wild West was:

A. A legend in its own right

B. A legend only to itself

C. A legend born out of the Mild East

D. A legend created in Europe and reverberating back to the States

Ερώτηση 2 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

Calamity Jane is a classic example of:

A. Gender performativity

B. Gender selectivity

C. Gender procreativity

D. Gender discrimination

Ερώτηση 3 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

Place in order of shooting ability (best to worst):

A. Wild Bill, Anne Oakley, Buffalo Bill

B. Anne Oakley, Buffalo Bill, Wild Bill

C. Buffalo Bill, Anne Oakley, Wild Bill

D. Wild Bill, Buffalo Bill, Anne Oakley

Ερώτηση 4 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show is best understood as a ….of the real West:

A. Fakelore

B. Elaboration

C. Simulacrum

D. Duplication

Ερώτηση 5 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

Pecos Bill seeing himself in the river:

A. Makes of him a cowboy

B. Makes of him a Phallic Father

C. Makes of him a coyote

D. Makes of him a human subject

Ερώτηση 6 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

The episode of Slue-Foot Sue’s bouncing to the moon in her attempt to ride Widow-Maker is an example of:

A. Homosocial derision of the opposite sex

B. A veiled sexual innuendo

C. An instance of a charter myth

D. All of the above

Ερώτηση 7 (Πολλαπλής Επιλογής (Πολλαπλές Απαντήσεις) — 10 βαθμοί)

What the two versions of Pecos Bill’s death have in common is:

A. A combat between East and West to determine whose people are toughest

B. A contrast between the indescribable Real and describable reality

C. The final reconciliation of Bill with his wayward family

D. The final reconciliation of Bill with his wayward wife