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CTV 3310 Quiz #11
CTV 3310 Quiz #11
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Film, Theatre & Television
Undergraduate 2
04/10/2012

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What year did the Gurindji walkout happen?
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1996
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How much were they being paid vs. how much they wanted to be paid?
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6 vs. 25
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The Australian media represents unions as being antithetical to being Australian how?
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In Australia the mainstream media generally represent the trade union movement as acting against the good of the nation
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The maritime workers strike received support from many how?
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Because it shapes the story of Australian-ness especially in terms of social movements organized around labor, peace activism, and the environment
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How is flash mobbing political?
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it is political because people are gathering, its a human art exhibition, all about spontaneity
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What type of political organization is the group Critical Mass?
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flash mob event of the cyclists' right movement
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What is Critical Mass’s political message?
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making people notice how choked with cars some cities are
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What is Reclaim the Streets?
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devoted to challenging and questioning the ordering of societies priorities by presenting one possibility of a more pleasurable alternative
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Although seen as a celebration of Gay Pride the G&L Mardi Gras is actually?
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a protest that seeks to achieve gay, lesbian, trans-gender, bisexual and queer peoples rights
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When did the first Sydney G&L Mardi Gras take place?
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June 24, 1978
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Define mateship.
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Australian idiom that values equality, loyalty, and friendship
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What are the two types of mateship?
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inclusive and exclusive
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What are the two levels of mateship?
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close bond between two males, camaraderie between Anglo-Australian male community
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When did the term mateship come into common usage?
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United Kingdom, 1890, poems wrote about mates in stories
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How did mateship grow through time?
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cases of hardship over the course of the first 150 years of Australian history- penal colony, gold rush of the 1850s, depression of the 1930s, World Wars I & II, formation of Australian labor movement
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Besides being mythologized mateship has also been…
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egalitarian
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Although egalitarian, mateship is most predominant in what social class?
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working or physical labor classes
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Mateship is different in from the Honor System in what way?
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you don't tell on your mates
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Using the term ‘mate’ means you are in what social setting?
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informal setting
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How does mateship affect social etiquette?
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expresses equality amongst men, not being a bludger
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How does the relaxed attitude of Australians cause offense in others?
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very hard to offend an Australian, not very sensitive
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How did Hiro Mukai, a Japanese lecturer, describe Australians?
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naive, "Australians appear naive because they speak the same way with everyone"
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How is egalitarianism expressed with the male Australian accent?
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accent is broad, Crocodile Dundee
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Why is it rare for Australian women to speak with the same egalitarian accent as men?
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seen as lower social class, frowned upon
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Mateship is expressed through what two physical activities?
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drinking and sports
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References to mateship in comedy have Australian males being called what first name?
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Bruce
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How is egalitarianism expressed in the pub?
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having a shout, everyone buys a round
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How does the ‘round’ contribute to non-sexual relationships between men and women being very common in Australia?
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both women and men are expected to buy their own round
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Why is the ritual of rounds not always followed in night-clubs?
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different motivations in night clubs, looking to get laid, drug scene in night clubs
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What is a bludger?
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someone who doesn't pay their own way
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How does mateship replace the family?
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strong bonds with fellow males, become more important than relationships with women
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Prior to the Anzac tradition how did mateship originate in Australia?
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immigrant nation, took single men, criminals, had to bond together to survive
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How is the term ‘mate’ different than ‘digger’?
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digger came around during time of the ANZACs, not really said anymore
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How did the conditions of living in Australia for the initial immigrants contribute to mateship?
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had to band together to survive
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How has Australia’s experience in war also impacted mateship?
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term digger came about, ANZACs bonded together
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What does the term ‘take the piss’ mean?
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say things to people's face, not behind their back
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How do Australians ‘take the piss’?
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say jokes to people's face
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How does honesty play into the Australian lifestyle?
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Australians value honesty,
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How do Australians deal with suffering?
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suffer in silence
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How do Australians feel about status relative to their egalitarian ideals?
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don't talk about status, don't talk about how much money you have
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Who has traditionally been excluded from the mateship idiom?
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women and non-Anglos
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In regards to gender, what is the unwritten creed of mateship?
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men are the fighters and breadwinners, women are the homemakers
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In the 1990s how did the definition of mateship change?
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more multicultural, included women
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How do feminists feel about Hawke’s purported inclusion of women in the mateship ideal?
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load of bullocks, don't try to pretend
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In 2000 what did Philip Knightley write about mateship on ‘Australia: A Biography of a Nation’?
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no sense in denying it, mateship is for the men
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How has the sexual and feminist revolution affected mateship?
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broken down boundaries
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How has mateship affected the recorded history of Australia?
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very few stories about women succeeding
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How has capitalism impacted mateship?
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takes away egalitarian ideals
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Because o f mateship women have to do what in the workplace to succeed?
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become more masculine
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How do Australians feel about mateship today?
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idea is eroding, need to bond together through hardship disappearing
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