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Student Response
False
2.
In the story,"Newcomer," Mehri Yalfani's main character, Susan, had contributed forcefully
to the class discussion about the revolution.
Student Response
False
3.
Isabel Vincent--a second generation immigrant--was turned down for a newspaper job
because she was perceived as too Anglo-Saxon.
Student Response
True
4.
Student Response
False
5.
The process by which a migrant adapts to and takes on the cultural attributes of the host
society is called "culturation."
Student Response
False
6.
Racism supports the notion of the superiority of one group over another.
Student Response
True
7.
New migrants earn less than native-born Canadians with equal skills and education due to
lack of recognition of the foreign credentials of internationally trained professionals and
people in skilled trades.
Student Response
True
8.
Which of the following does not accurately describe the ideas of "smiling" or "quiet" racism?
Student Response
A. covert or secret
B. insidious
C. veiled
E. not explicit
9.
Student Response
3. She was born in Bangladesh in 1942 and teaches sociology at York University in
Toronto.
4. She was born in Ghana, West Africa, and immigrated to Canada in 1974.
5. She was born in Russia in 1955 and teaches political science at Sheridan College.
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Isabel Vincent uses the motif of her mother's first pair of pants as a device to:
Student Response
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Student Response
1. deals with the plight of an overqualified immigrant pays her way through college by
teaching at a day care.
4. shows an ambitious young Turkish woman who works below her qualifications as a
house cleaner.
5. ponders the difference betwen life in Cairo and life in Toronto for an Arab-Canadian.
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Student Response
5. Culture shock is experienced as a sense of loss arising from being uprooted from
one's familiar surroundings.
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1. Integration is a term that refers to the process by which migrants and refugees
become part of the social, cultural and institutional fabric of Canada.
3. The success of integration into Canadian society depends in part on our language
policies.
5. The process of integration helps newcomers settle in Canada and become recognized
as participants in Canadian society.
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4.
Which of the following descriptors best fits the term "political integration"?
Student Response
2. refers to the development of a sense of control by migrants and refugees in the host
society (Canada)
5. refers to the learning of one of the official languages, French and English
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5.
Student Response
1. Racism is the way that relations between whites and people of colour are organized
such that whiteness is perceived as normal and neutral.
5. Racism is a set of attitudes, ideas and practices that deny people of colour their
dignity, opportunities, freedoms and rewards that the society offers.
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6.
The height and weight requirements for particular jobs which screen out groups of people
who don't fit those specifics is an example of
Student Response
1. individual racism
2. prejudice
3. institutional racism
4. acculturation
5. cultural integration
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Student Response
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8.
In the story, "The Other Family" by Bannerji, the picture the little girl brings home from
school
Student Response
Which of the following does not attest to Canadian commitment to social diversity?
Student Response
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0.
Which Montreal writer, born in 1956, wrote "The Book and the Veil"?
Student Response
1. Yeshim Ternar
2. Isabel Vincent
3. Henry Codjoe
4. Himani Bannerji
5. Mehri Yalfani
QUIZ 1
1. Emigrants
The term emigrant refers to a person who arrives in a new country with the intention of
permanently settling in that country.
2. The Census
According to the 2001 Census, 55% of the Canadian population can be described as visible
minorities.
In 1885, The Chinese Immigration Act imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada.
In the reading "The Concubine's Children," Denise Chong describes the arrival of a young
Chinese woman to the shores of New York and her first meeting with her new husband.
5. Immigrant Classification
Migrants who enter Canada under the economic classification must be sponsored by a close
family relative.
6. Canadian Mosaic
Select the description which best explains what is meant by the term "the Canadian mosaic."
7. Multiculturalism Act
Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the intent of the Multiculturalism Act?
8. "The Immigrants"
Which author in Pens of Many Colours wrote the poem "The Immigrants"?
9. Joy Mannette
In the reading "My Dearest Child" in Pens of Many Colours, Joy Mannette tells her son about
his roots in which geographic area of Canada?
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Francophone Perspective
0.
Which author describes herself as Francophone Ontarian with a strong sense of the different
ways English Canadians and French Canadians construct history?
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Helga Mills
1.
In the reading, "Breaking the Barriers" in Pens of Many Colours, Helga Mills tells the stories
of which category of immigrants?
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Joy Kogawa
2.
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"Itsuka"
3.
In the reading "Itsuka" in Pens of Many Colours, What action taken by the Canadian
government does Joy Kogawa describe?
Student Value Correct Answer Feedback
Response
A. The celebration
of British
royalty
B. The apology 100%
given in
Parliament to
Canadians of
Japanese
descent for
sending them to
internment
camps during
World War II.
C. The passage of
the
Multiculturalism
Act
D. The adoption of
the Canadian
Charter of
Rights and
Freedoms
E. The decision to
enter World
War II
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Gender and Racial Discrimination
4.
Which author in Pens of Many Colours describes her experience of gender and racial
discrimination in the Canadian judicial system?
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Demographics
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QUIZ 5...........
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5. Quiz 5-Question 5
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7. Quiz 5-Question 7
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9. Quiz 5-Question 9
The media gude, shape and sometimes transform
the way we look at issues and interpret reality
through the eyes of the dominant majority,
Statement Response Va
Melting pot suggests possibility of assimilation into the 16
host society
Melting pot puts pressure on migrants to give up the 16
culture of his/her origin
Transnationalism recognizes dual attachnents to 2 nation- 16
states at the same time
Transnationalism can result in a weak attachment to the host 16
society and a diminished sense of
belonging to the host nation-state
Mosaic demonstrates respect for and retention of 16
diverse cultural heritages
Mosaic creates tension between a person's ethno- 16
racial identity and national identity,
sometimes resulting in an identity crisis
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