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QUIZ 2

1.

Prejudice and racism are the same thing.

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.

Marginalization leads to newcomer integration.

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

D. "no holds barred"

E. not explicit

9.

Which of the following statements correctly describes Himani Bannerji?

Student Response

1. He was born in Iran and immigrated to Canada in 1987.

2. She was a second-generation Portuguese immigrant and an award-winning


investigative journalist and author.

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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0.

Isabel Vincent uses the motif of her mother's first pair of pants as a device to:
Student Response

1. demonstrate Canadian fashion.

2. frame her discussion of assimilation.

3. show racist tendencies in Canadian culture.

4. discuss the needs of immigrants from Europe.

5. set the stage for her writing in the "New Yorker."

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1.

The story, Ajax laBas, by Yeshim Ternar:

Student Response

1. deals with the plight of an overqualified immigrant pays her way through college by
teaching at a day care.

2. demonstrates gender imbalance in Turkish society

3. reveals anti-French sentiment in Montreal

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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2.

Which of the following statements about "culture shock" is false?

Student Response

1. Culture shock is a reaction to a temporary unsuccessful attempt to adjust to new


surroundings and people.

2. Culture shock is another barrier that newcomers to Canada face.

3. In "Newcomer" Mehri Yalfani describes a woman experiencing various manifestations


of culture shock as the main character, Susan, returns to Iran.

4. Culture shock isolates people from their new environment.

5. Culture shock is experienced as a sense of loss arising from being uprooted from
one's familiar surroundings.

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3.

Which of the following statements about integration is false?


Student Response

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.

2. Integration and assimilation are terms that are interchangeable.

3. The success of integration into Canadian society depends in part on our language
policies.

4. There are different forms of integration into Canadian society.

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

1. refers to voting or being involved in ethnic organizations that lobby on behalf of


immigrant and refugee communities

2. refers to the development of a sense of control by migrants and refugees in the host
society (Canada)

3. refers to adopting some of the culture of mainstream Canadian society while


retaining ethnic cultural elements

4. refers to the acceptance of social customs and protocol

5. refers to the learning of one of the official languages, French and English

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5.

Which of the following is not a definition of "racism"?

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.

2. Racisim is a positive or negative attitude, judgment or feeling about a person that is


generalized from attitudes, beliefs or stereotypes held about the group to which the
person belongs.

3. Racism is a system of ignorance, exploitation and power used to oppress people of


colour on the basis of ethnicity, culture, mannerism and skin colour.

4. Racism is an ideology promoting negative social definitions of a group identified by


physical features, such as skin colour.

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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7.

The term "race" was used extensively for non-European groups

Student Response

1. by the late 18th century.

2. in the 20th century.

3. during the first century AD.

4. during the Middle Ages.

5. in the 16th century.

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8.

In the story, "The Other Family" by Bannerji, the picture the little girl brings home from
school

Student Response

1. serves as a source of pride for the little girl's mother.

2. demonstrates the ideal family in her mother's eyes.

3. changes the little girl's perception of racial identity.

4. demonstrates the racist policies of the school.

5. provides motivation for the family to integrate into Canadian society.


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9.

Which of the following does not attest to Canadian commitment to social diversity?

Student Response

1. The Multiculturalism Act

2. Provincial human rights codes

3. Canadian Human Rights Act

4. The First Amendment of the Constitution

5. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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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.

Student Response Value Correct Answer


True 0% False
Score: 0/1

2. The Census
According to the 2001 Census, 55% of the Canadian population can be described as visible
minorities.

Student Response Value Correct Answer


False 100% False
Score: 1/1

3. Chinese Immigration Act

In 1885, The Chinese Immigration Act imposed a head tax on Chinese immigrants to Canada.

Student Response Value Correct Answer


True 100% True
Score: 1/1

4. "The Concubine's Children"

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.

Student Response Value Correct Answer


True 0% False
Score: 0/1

5. Immigrant Classification

Migrants who enter Canada under the economic classification must be sponsored by a close
family relative.

Student Response Value Correct Answer


False 100% False
Score: 1/1

6. Canadian Mosaic

Select the description which best explains what is meant by the term "the Canadian mosaic."

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. "The 100%
Canadian
mosaic"
refers to the
fact that
Canada
currently is
comprised
of people
from vastly
different
ethnic,
racial and
religious
backgrounds
B. The
"Canadian
mosaic"
refers to
Canada's
long history
of tolerance
for
aboriginal
people
dating back
to the 18th
century.
C. "The
Canadian
mosaic"
refers to the
fact that
Canada is a
bilingual
country
comprised
of the
English and
French.
D. "The
Canadian
mosaic" is
not a term
that
accurately
describes
the
Canadian
population
at the
present
time.
E. "The
Canadian
mosaic"
refers to the
fact that all
immigrants
are expected
to leave
their
heritages
behind
when they
settle in
Canada
Score: 1/1

7. Multiculturalism Act

Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the intent of the Multiculturalism Act?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. The
Multiculturalism
Act encourages
immigrants to
pursue their own
traditions and
customs while
ignoring the
Canadian way
of life.
B. The 100%
Multiculturalism
Act encourages
immigrants to
retain their
heritage and
celebrate
cultural
differences.
C. The
Multiculturalism
Act replaced
bilingualism in
Canada.
D. The
Multiculturalism
Act ensured that
Canada would
become a
melting pot
similar to our
American
neighbours.
E. The
Multiculturalism
Act is a
provincial
economic policy
that ensures
newcomers jobs.
Score: 1/1

8. "The Immigrants"

Which author in Pens of Many Colours wrote the poem "The Immigrants"?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Lyse
Champagne
B. Margaret 100%
Atwood
C. Joy
Mannette
D. Denise
Chong
E. Helga Mills
Score: 1/1

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?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Ontario
B. The Prairies
C. Quebec 0%
D. British
Columbia
E. Acadia
Score: 0/1

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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?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Margaret
Atwood
B. Joy
Mannette
C. Pauline
Johnson
D. Lyse 100%
Champagne
E. Denise
Chong
Score: 1/1

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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?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Transnational
migrants
B. Family class
immigrants
C. Refugee 100%
women
D. Male
economic
immigrants
E. Only
immigrants
from Somalia
Score: 1/1

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Joy Kogawa
2.

Joy Kogawa writes about which group of migrants to Canada?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. The Dutch
B. The
Koreans
C. The Chinese
D. The 100%
Japanese
E. The Iranians
Score: 1/1

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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
Score: 1/1

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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?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Joy
Mannette
B. Vinita 100%
Srivastava
C. Denise
Chong
D. Susanna
Moodie
E. Margaret
Atwood
Score: 1/1

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Demographics
5.

Which is the best definition for the term demographics?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. The study of
the
psychology
and mental
landscape of a
given
population.
B. The
description of
the customs,
traditions and
religious
practices of a
group of
people
C. The 100%
characteristics
of a
population,
include size,
mobility, age,
gender,
ethnicity and
race.
D. A description
of a
population's
political
affiliations
E. The study of
environmental
design
Score: 1/1

QUIZ 3.....

Which of the following authors describes the


frustration of learning a second language in
Vancouver?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Gary
Engkent
B. Denny Hunt
C. Maxine
Tynes
D. Eva
Hoffman
E. Genni Gunn 0%
Score: 0/1

2. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 2

Who wrote "How can I teach her (my mother)


to speak the language when she is too old to
learn, to want to learn"?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Genni Gunn
B. Eva
Hoffman
C. Maxine
Tynes
D. Denny Hunt
E. Garry 100%
Engkent
Score: 1/1

3. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 3

Which of the following descriptions is not


characteristic of the term "culture"?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Culture is
based on
symbols.
B. Culture is 100%
static.
C. Culture is
transmitted
from
generation
to
generation.
D. Culture is
learned.
E. Culture is
dynamic.
Score: 1/1
4. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 4

Which of the following terms refers to the idea


that one's own group is the centre of everything
and all others are scaled and rated with
reference to it?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac


Response
A. racism
B. folklore
C. acculturation
D. ethnocentrism 100%
E. integration
Score: 1/1

5. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 5

Which of the following is not a type of non-


verbal communication?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
1. gestures
2. laughter
3. use of time
4. silence
5. song 100%
Score: 1/1

6. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 6

What rationale do linguists give for the Inuit


language to use the word "if" rather than
"when" in reference to the future?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac


Response
A. There is no
word for
"when" in
the Inuit
language.
B. The Inuit
live in a
harsh
environment
where life is
fragile and
tentative.
C. The Inuit 0%
have many
different
words for
"snow."
D. The Inuit
use only
non-verbal
language.
E. In the Inuit
language,
"if" and
"when"
mean the
same thing.
Score: 0/1

7. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 7

Which of the following terms does writer


Shyam Selvadura not use in his discussion of
"biculturalism"?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac


Response
A. dual identity
B. social
responsibility
C. visibly 0%
otherness
D. open space
represented
by the
hyphen
E. space in-
between
Score: 0/1

8. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 8

In the period 1991-1996, immigrants accounted


for what percentage of the growth in the
Canadian labour force?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac


Response
A. 70% 100%
B. 60%
C. 80%
D. 40%
E. 50%
Score: 1/1

9. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 9

In 1998, recent immigrants earned on average


what percentage less in hourly wages than
other Canadians?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. 20%
B. 25%
C. 15%
D. 10%
E. 18% 100%
Score: 1/1
10. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 10

Maxine Tyes in the story "In Service" write


about the following:

Student Value Correct Answer Feedb


Response
A. Nova Scotian 100%
African women
working as
domestic help.
B. the poverty of
native women in
western Canada
C. going for an
interview and
neglecting to
mention all her
educational
accomplishments
D. Nadia and her
husband who
leave behind
their privileged
life in Egypt and
come to an
uncertain future
in Canada
E. a visit from a
welfare worker
to the apartment
of a single
mother with a
child from an
interracial
marriage
Score: 1/1

11. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 11

Who wrote "Two Aspirins and a Comedy:


How Television can Enhance Health and
Society"?
Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac
Response
A. Helga Mills
B. Metta 100%
Spencer
C. Henry
Codjoe
D. Denise
Chong
E. Erma
Davies
Score: 1/1

12. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 12

"The Home Visit" is told from the point of


view of

Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac


Response
A. the welfare 100%
worker
B. the teacher
C. Nancy, the
mother
D. Erma
Davies, the
grandmother
E. the child
Score: 1/1

13. Quiz 3 Multiple Choice 13

In "Choices" Nadia and Mona were fraternal


twins who grew up in the same environment
and went to the same schools in Egypt. Which
of the following statement is true?
Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac
Response
A. Nadia had a
fighting
spirit and
adapted well
to change.
B. Nadia's
youngest
daughter was
most like her
mother: she
was the kind
who always
invoked
sympathy
and
protection.
C. When Mona 0%
and Nadia
immigrated
to Canada,
Mona
adapted well
to change,
but Nadia
did not.
D. Mona and
Nadia has
similar
personalities
and goals.
E. Nadia was
docile,
gentle and
very
conservative.
Score: 0/1

14. Quiz 3 True False 1

Culture shock results from the sense of loss


from being uprooted from your country of
origin.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 100% True
Score
1/1
:

15. Quiz 3 True False 2

The laws of Canada, such as the Multicultural


Act, have successfully stamped out racism in
Canada.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 0% False
Score
0/1
:

16. Quiz 3 True False 3

The province of Quebec has passed provincial


language laws to preserve the French language.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 100% True
Score
1/1
:

17. Quiz 3 True False 4

In Genni Gunn's "The Middle Group," Claudio,


Rosalba's son, convinced his mother to let him
go to school alone in his new wheelchair.

Student Response Value Correct A


False 100% False
Score: 1/1

18. Quiz 3 True False 5

The Chinese term, "fan gwei" means "white


devils."
Student Response Value Correct A
True 100% True
Score
1/1
:

19. Quiz 3 True False 6

Denny Hunte was born in Italy and came to


Canada when she was eleven. She has
published a memoir on Italian holocaust
survivors.

Student Response Value Correct A


False 100% False
Score: 1/1

20. Quiz 3 True False 7

In 1998, with all immigrant categories taken


into account, more immigrant men and women
held university degrees than Canadian men and
women.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 100% True
Score: 1/1
QUIZ 4,,,,,,

Which of the following is not a consequence of


migration?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Newcomer
parents tend
to focus
energy on
creating a
better life for
their
children.
B. Newcomer
parents often
sacrifice
their own
needs to
invest in the
future of
their
children.
C. Newcomer 100%
children
generally
stay with the
beliefs,
attitutdes,
values and
behaviours
that reflect
the culture of
their home
country.
D. Many
families
show great
resilience in
continuing to
promote
bonds
between
parents and
children.
E. Families who
migrate often
leave behind
their status
within their
communities.
Score: 1/1

2.

Which word best describes Mordecai Richler's


family?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. conservative
B. culturally
balanced
C. discreet
D. calm
E. orthodox 100%
Score: 1/1

3.

Which of these authors in your text does not


deal with intergenerational conflict?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Garry
Engkent
B. Mordecai
Richler
C. Ann Jew
D. Isabel
Vincent
E. Yeshim 100%
Ternar
Score: 1/1

4.

Which of these statements is a common


stereotype based on gender?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Women are
weak,
independent,
nurturing
and
emotional.
B. Women and
men are the
same.
C. Men are
weak,
emotional,
nurturing
and
dependent.
D. Women are
strong,
rational,
dominant
and
independent.
E. Men are 100%
strong,
rational,
dominant
and
independent.
Score: 1/1

5.

In Vlassie's story, "A Bit of Magic," the theme


is

Student Value Correct Answer Feedb


Response
A. death and dying
B. overqualified
immigrants
C. male control 100%
over women
D. intergenerational
conflict
E. suicide
Score: 1/1

6.

In which story is Lin expected to feed her


dying grandmother while her mother bathes her
and changes the sheets?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. "Letters and
Other
Worlds" by
Michael
Ondaatje
B. "A Bit of
Magic" by
Kathleen
Vlassie
C. "My
Father's
Life" by
Mordecai
Richler
D. "The Other
Family" by
Himani
Bannerji
E. "Everyone 100%
Talked
Loudly in
Chinatown"
by Annie
Jew
Score: 1/1

7.

According to the United Nations Research


Institute in Social Development, which of these
statements is false?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedba


Response
A. Immigrant
women are
overrepresented
in marginal,
unregulated
jobs.
B. Immigrant
women are
generally
poorly paid.
C. Immigrant
women are
likely to be
domestic
cleaners and
health care
supporters in
Canada.
D. Migrant
women
experience the
negative impact
of gender
stereotyping
combined with
the impact of
being an
immigrant.
E. Migrant 100%
women are
advantaged in
their families
and careers.
Score: 1/1

8.

Which author was born in Pesaro, Italy, in


1948, studied English at University of Toronto
where he was encouraged to write by Margaret
Laurence?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Mario Puci
B. Michael
Ondaatje
C. Austin
Clarke
D. Mordecai
Richler
E. Frank Paci 100%
Score: 1/1

9.

Which story explores black-white relations and


different situations in the lives of West Indian
immigrants in Toronto?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. "My
Father's
Life"
B. "Ajax La-
Bas"
C. " A Bit of
Magic"
D. "Mancus
and Sons"
E. "A Wedding 100%
in Toronto"
Score: 1/1

10.

Which word best describes the life of Michael


Ondaatje's father?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedba


Response
A. entrepreneurial
B. heroic
C. slovenly
D. self- 100%
destructive
E. private
Score: 1/1

11.

Who wrote the "Joy Luck Club"?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac


Response
A. Frank Paci
B. Garry
Engkent
C. Ann Jew
D. Amy Tan 100%
E. Genni Gunn
Score: 1/1

12.

Which of the following authors was born in


1931, in a Jewish neighbourhood in Montreal,
and died in 2001?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac


Response
A. Mordecai 100%
Richler
B. Frank Paci
C. Duddy
Kravitz
D. Annie Jew
E. Leonard
Cohen
Score: 1/1

13.

Immigrant children tend to become the experts


in the language and culture of Canada rather
than their parents.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 100% True
Score
1/1
:

14.

"The Joy Luck Club" describes relationships


between four Chinese grandmothers and their
American raised granddaughters.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 0% False
Score: 0/1

15.

Role reversal in which children assume the


power and status of parents is one of the
potentially stressful family dynamics in
immigrant families.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 100% True
Score: 1/1

16.

Michael Ondaatje was born in Ceylon in 1943,


in a family of French/German extraction that
had been living on the island since the 1500's.

Student Response Value Correct A


False 100% False
Score: 1/1

17.

In traditional societies, males are expected to


demonstrate aggressiveness and toughness,
while females are expected to be passive and
nurturing.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 100% True
Score: 1/1

18.

Statistics Canada stated that in 2001, 21% of


visible minority women aged 15 or older had a
university degree, compared with 14% of other
women.
Student Response Value Correct A
True 100% True
Score: 1/1

19.

In the story, "Mancuso's and Sons", the term


ORESTEPANE refers to a bread named after
the father in the story.

Student Response Value Correct A


True 100% True
Score
1/1
:

20.

St. Urban is a beloved street referred to in


Ondaatje's poem "Letters and Other Worlds."

Student Response Value Correct A


False 100% False
Score
1/1
:

QUIZ 5...........

According to census data in 2001, the number


of people reporting multiple or hyphenated
identities

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. is similar to
data in the
previous
decade
B. is
decreasing
sharply
C. will likely
decrease
slowly in
the next
decade
D. will remain
stable in the
under 35
years of age
population
E. is increasing 100%
Score: 1/1

2. Quiz 5-Question 2

Which of the following statements is false?

The "hyphen" in "hyphenated Canadian"

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. is not
officially
recognized
in Canadian
census data
B. refers to a
condition of
dual or
multiple
individual
identity
C. is
understood
as a
common
and
consistent
identity in
Canada
D. has
decreasingly
been the
subject of
Canadian
literacy
expression
E. all of the 0%
above
Score: 0/1

3. Quiz 5-Question 3

For some writers such as Sri Lankan-Canadian


writer, Shyam Selvadurai, the hyphen is
considered an open space between two cultures
that produces a creative tension.

Student Response Value Correct An


True 100% True
Score: 1/1

4. Quiz 5-Question 4

Who wrote about being caught between the


cultural contraints of Korean culture and the
norms of Canadian society?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Shyam
Selvadurai
B. Cyril
Dabydeen
C. Camilli
Hernandez-
Ramdwar
D. Sun-Kyung 100%
Yi
E. David
Suzuki
Score: 1/1

5. Quiz 5-Question 5

Which of the following feelings is generally not


faced by people of mixed race?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. feeling like
a foreigner
in Canada
B. feeling as
though you
are
culturally
split down
the middle
C. feeling like
an outsider
D. feeling like 100%
an
integration
of separate
parts of dual
origins
E. feeling
"exotic"
Score: 1/1

6. Quiz 5-Question 6

A high unemployment rate correlates with


negative attitudes towards migration.

Student Response Value Correct An


True 100% True
Score
1/1
:

7. Quiz 5-Question 7

Which of the following factors influences public


attitudes towards multiculturalism?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. economic
situation
B. perception
of
competition
for jobs
C. fear of loss
of social
status and
power
D. fear of
threat to
Canadian
values
E. all of the 100%
above
Score: 1/1

8. Quiz 5-Question 8

Which of these statements regarding


multiculturalism is false?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedbac


Response
A. Multiculturalism
has been praised
for ignoring
issues of social
and economic
inequality in
favour of
funding folk
dancing and
cultural
festivals.
B. Multiculturalism 0%
establishes a
respect for
ethnocultural
and racial
diversity.
C. Critics of
multiculturalism
fear that the
government
approach
encourages
recent migrants
to stand apart
from the
majority of
Canadian
society.
D. The government
has included
public resources
to help migrants
integrate into
Canadian
society.
E. Multiculturalism
has been under
attack because it
is seen as
preventing a
singular and
bonding
Canadian
identity.
Score: 0/1

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,

Student Response Value Correct An


True 100% True
Score: 1/1

10. Quiz 5-Question 10

Racial minorities are over-represented in the


media as news anchor and quoted experts.

Student Response Value Correct An


False 100% False
Score
1/1
:

11. Quiz 5-Question 11

What is the title of the poem that includes this


reference?

CPR heaving with a head tax


As I am Chinese in a crowd
Japanese at the camps
It is also World War 11.
Panting, I am out of breath.

Student Value Correct Answer Feedba


Response
A. "The Immigrants"
by Margaret
Atwood
B. "Multiculturalism" 100%
by Cyril
Dabydeen
C. "The Other
Family" by
Himani Bannerji
D. "The Middle
Ground" by Genni
Gunn
E. "Ancestors--The
Genetic Sources"
by David Suzuki
Score: 1/1

12. Quiz 5-Question 12

What is the best description for Ms Edge Innate?

Student Value Correct Answer Feedback


Response
A. Crucible
Corey
B. Precipice
girl
C. Scapegoat 0%
Annie
D. Yuppie Jane
E. Peanut girl
Score: 0/1

13. Quiz 5-Question 13

Match the terms in Column 1 with the


description in Column 2.

Melting pot can result in a weak


attachment to the host
Melting pot society and a
Transnationalism diminished sense of
belonging to the host
Transnationalism nation-state
Mosaic puts pressure on
migrants to give up
Mosaic the culture of his/her
origin
demonstrates respect
for and retention of
diverse cultural
heritages
creates tension
between a person's
ethno-racial identity
and national identity,
sometimes resulting
in an identity crisis
recognizes dual
attachnents to 2
nation-states at the
same time
suggests possibility of
assimilation into the
host society

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
Score: 1/1

14. Quiz 5-Question 14

David Suzuki was born in Vancouver in 1936.


Of Chinese descent, he is a writer, educator,
journalist, TV and radio host, environmentalism
and world-renowned geneticist,
Student Response Value Correct An
True 0% False
Score
0/1
:

15. Quiz 5-Question 15

Camille Hernandez-Ramdwar was born and


raised on the Canadian prairies, but is treated as
an outsider.

Student Response Value Correct An


False 0% True
Score
0/1
:

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