Sports in the Future Quiz

When highly visible and popular athletes become involved in efforts to change something related to sports, they usually have goals that are A. conservative. B. reformist C. radical D. a combination of reformist and radical

A. conservative.

At any point in time in a culture, dominant sport forms A. represent the interests of people who have power in that culture. B. involve more of an emphasis on speed than strength. C. reflect the interests of working-class people. D. appeal more to the interests of athletes than to spectators.

A. represent the interests of people who have power in that culture.

The popularity of power and performance sports is connected with gender relations because these sports A. emphasize co-recreational participation. B. celebrate physical superiority and dominating others. C. give women a chance to surpass the performances of men. D. attract more female spectators than male spectators.

B. celebrate physical superiority and dominating others.

When joining opposition groups to establish a vantage point for changing sports, a person is most likely to be successful when working to A. oppose mega-events such as the Olympic Games. B. create more diverse sport spaces at a local level. C. defeat legislation to build costly stadiums with public funds. D. establish media coverage of a new sport played by low-income girls.

B. create more diverse sport spaces at a local level.

Few people have radical goals for changing sports because people who support radical goals usually A. avoid sports because they don't like physical activities. B. focus on changing living conditions more than changing sports. C. believe that sports are unrelated to the rest of society. D. avoid confrontation in their lives.

B. focus on changing living conditions more than changing sports.

The Gay Games are an example of A. an extreme form of power and performance sports. B. people seeking an alternative to dominant sport forms. C. people who want to avoid competition in their sports. D. sports being used to support dominant ideas about sexuality.

B. people seeking an alternative to dominant sport forms.

Pleasure and participation sports generally emphasize A. exclusive forms of participation. B. the achievement of competitive success. C. an ethic of good health. D. the body as a machine that must be kept well-tuned.

C. an ethic of good health.

Telecommunications and the electronic media will influence the future because A. people prefer media content over human relationships. B. many people want to live much of their lives in virtual realities. C. people use media content to form standards for assessing their experiences. D. the media control how and what people think in everyday life.

C. people use media content to form standards for assessing their experiences.

Organization and rationalization have a tendency to undermine the A. seriousness of sports. B. desire to develop physical skills in sports. C. ability of people to plan sports to fit into their lives. D. element of play in sports.

D. element of play in sports.

When people have conservative goals for changing sports, they emphasize A. the elimination of all sports that are not profit-making. B. using sports to teach cooperation and sensitivity. C. changing sports to how they were before 1900. D. the growth and efficiency of existing sport programs.

D. the growth and efficiency of existing sport programs.