Section III Quiz

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1		According to Framework Essay 3, natural-law language is language that:
			A)	incorporates biological terms into our understanding of behavior.
			B)	treats human behavior as bound by natural law.
			C)	focuses on the link between humans and their natural environment.
			D)	focuses on the legal aspects of genetic research and reproductive ethics.
2		According to Framework Essay 3, stereotypes differ from descriptions in that stereotypes:
			A)	are testable and falsifiable.
			B)	recognize that members of a group are diverse.
			C)	assume that one can predict a person's behavior by knowing his or her group membership.
			D)	are anchored in social and historical context.
3		According to Framework Essay 3, the stereotype of Asians as "model minorities" serves to:
			A)	help Asian Americans achieve.
			B)	stigmatize Asian Americans.
			C)	discipline black Americans for lower achievement.
			D)	reinforce the American ideal of cultural tolerance.
4		According to Framework Essay 3, which of the following is true about racial attitudes?
			A)	95% of white Americans are in favor of integrated schools.
			B)	60% of white Americans are in favor of unconstrained access to housing.
			C)	70% of white Americans are accepting of interracial marriage.
			D)	All of the above.
5		According to Framework Essay 3, which of the following is NOT consistent with the idea of social Darwinism?
			A)	The supremacy of certain groups is based in evolution.
			B)	Homosexuality is the product of hereditary weakness.
			C)	All societies are biologically the same; culture is responsible for differences.
			D)	Social hierarchies are a reflection of biological merit.
6		According to Framework Essay 3, minstrel shows justified slavery by portraying blacks as:
			A)	content in their roles.
			B)	sexually promiscuous.
			C)	angry and potentially violent.
			D)	animal-like.
7		According to "Thirteen Key Supreme Court Cases and the Civil War Amendments," which of the following Supreme Court cases occurred before the Civil War?
			A)	Brown v. Board of Education.
			B)	Plessy v. Ferguson.
			C)	Minor v. Happersett.
			D)	Dred Scott v. Sanford.
8		Which constitutional amendment abolished slavery?
			A)	The Thirteenth.
			B)	The Fourteenth.
			C)	The Fifteenth.
			D)	The Sixteenth.
9		Which of the following U.S. Supreme Court cases was NOT related to citizenship rights?
			A)	Plessy v. Ferguson.
			B)	Yick Wo v. Hopkins.
			C)	Elk v. Wilkins.
			D)	Dred Scott v. Sanford.
10		Which of the following Supreme Court cases did NOT concern education?
			A)	Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.
			B)	Lau v. Nichols.
			C)	San Antonio School District v. Rodriguez.
			D)	Bowers v. Hardwick.
11		In "Social Movements and the Politics of Difference," the group-neutral policies are policies that:
			A)	seek to neutralize the differences between groups.
			B)	ignore the group and focus on the individual.
			C)	treat all groups in the same way.
			D)	are nonracist in orientation.
12		According to Cheryl Zarlenga Kerchis and Iris Marion Young, some African Americans criticized the civil rights movement of the 1960s because:
			A)	the movement was not accomplishing its goals quickly enough.
			B)	there were too many different groups and organizations.
			C)	one of the goals was integration into white-dominated society.
			D)	the movement focused too much on political change and not enough on social activism.
13		According to Kerchis and Young, the Black Power movement favored the establishment and strengthening of separate and culturally distinct neighborhoods.
			A)	True
			B)	False
14		Which of the following groups has NOT moved toward separation over assimilation, according to Kerchis and Young?
			A)	Gay people.
			B)	Indians.
			C)	Women.
			D)	None of the above.
15		According to Kerchis and Young, the key difference between the politics of assimilation and the politics of difference is that the politics of difference:
			A)	defines group difference negatively.
			B)	defines group difference positively.
			C)	is less likely to be used for oppression.
			D)	is based on the ideal of assimilation.
16		According to "After Brown: The Rise and Retreat of School Desegregation," between 1976 and 2000 cross-racial contacts:
			A)	nearly doubled for white teens.
			B)	were most likely to occur in school.
			C)	were smaller than they might otherwise have been.
			D)	all of the above.
17		The 1974 Milliken decision widened desegregation efforts in Detroit to the entire city.
			A)	True
			B)	False
18		Racial segregation in classrooms is most likely to be the result of:
			A)	achievement, with African Americans generally performing more poorly.
			B)	social class, with African Americans more likely to come from poor families.
			C)	the influence of teachers and administrators.
			D)	all of the above.
19		According to the essay "The Minority Rights Revolution," the minority rights revolution resulted largely due to:
			A)	angry protesters.
			B)	federal legislation.
			C)	court rulings.
			D)	federal legislation and court rulings.
20		National security was a driving force in the minority rights revolution because:
			A)	black activists were seen as a threat to law and order.
			B)	court-ordered desegregation of the military resulted in having more blacks in positions of power.
			C)	the United Nations mediated international relations and emphasized equal rights.
			D)	the Vietnam War polarized Americans about intervening in foreign wars.
21		Which of the following is true about neighborhood risk, according to George Lipsitz in the essay "The Possessiveness Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics"?
			A)	Penalties for illegal toxic dumping are lower in poor areas than in wealthier areas.
			B)	Environmental health risks for blacks are related more to low income than to race.
			C)	Black children are two to three times more likely to suffer from lead poisoning than are white children in the same income range.
			D)	None of the above.
22		According to George Lipsitz, urban renewal projects funded by the U.S. federal government increased the amount of available and affordable housing for poor people of color.
			A)	True
			B)	False
23		According to the essay "What's Good Enough?" in the court decision San Antonio v. Rodriguez, the Supreme Court ruled that public schooling was not a right guaranteed under the Constitution.
			A)	True
			B)	False
24		According to the essay "What's Good Enough?":
			A)	Washington, D.C. spends more money than almost any large urban school district.
			B)	Students in Washington, D.C. have achievement levels that are substantially above the national average.
			C)	High-wealth districts generally allocate resources better than low-wealth districts.
			D)	Answers a and b are both correct.
25		According to the essay "Gender Discrimination in the Workplace," the term "pink-collar ghetto" is equivalent to which of the following terms?
			A)	Sex-role spillover.
			B)	The glass ceiling.
			C)	Occupational segregation.
			D)	Lack of fit.
26		Which of the following is true about stereotypes in employment?
			A)	An adjective can be positive when applied to one job and negative when applied to another.
			B)	Stereotypes of successful female executives are often negative.
			C)	Jobs that are mainly held by men tend to have male stereotypes.
			D)	All of the above.
27		Which of the following is an example of racial backlash in the 1980s, as discussed in the essay "The Bankruptcy of Virtuous Markets"?
			A)	Black men's earnings dropped relative to white men's earnings.
			B)	The Supreme Court overturned a number of affirmative action rulings.
			C)	There was a rise in membership among "white rights" groups.
			D)	Funding for minority education resulted in fewer minorities getting college educations.
28		According to "The Bankruptcy of Virtuous Markets," the main reason why black economic progress was reversed is that:
			A)	black workers failed to learn or acquire job skills.
			B)	poorly-educated black workers were particularly vulnerable to economic downturn, relative to well-educated black workers.
			C)	SAT and GRE scores for blacks decreased relative to white scores.
			D)	competition for jobs intensified between black and white workers.
29		Which of the following statements is true, according to "The Model Minority: Asian American 'Success' as a Race Relations Failure"?
			A)	Most Asian Americans are overeducated compared to whites for the incomes they earn.
			B)	Despite the stereotype, Asian Americans are no better off economically than black Americans.
			C)	Asian Americans who are qualified tend to be quickly hired for professional jobs, because of their reputation for being industrious workers.
			D)	All of the above.
30		The myth of the "model minority" is offensive to Asians, but not damaging.
			A)	True
			B)	False
31		The title of the essay "A World of Their Own" refers to:
			A)	the difficulty deaf people have functioning in society.
			B)	the idea that deafness leaves people isolated in a world of their own.
			C)	the sense of community and cultural identity that deaf people have.
			D)	the idea that someone who prefers a handicapped child is unrealistic about the way the world works.
32		In the essay "Defining Definitions: The Politics of Meaning," Michael Oliver states that definitions are important because:
			A)	they allow people who are disabled to get financial assistance.
			B)	dominant-group definitions of disability pose problems for the individual and group identity of disabled people.
			C)	they provide the legal basis for court challenges.
			D)	all of the above.
33		In "Cause of Death: Inequality," it is stated that:
			A)	women with incomes below $10,000 are three times more likely to die of heart disease and diabetes than those with incomes over $25,000.
			B)	even poor people in the U.S. have better health than people in poor countries.
			C)	women generally outlive men, but there is no difference in age of death for poor women relative to poor men.
			D)	whereas rich people are more likely to die from chronic diseases, poor people's primary cause of death is from communicable disease.
34		The lower-average life expectancy for African Americans, compared to white Americans, is in part due to differences in:
			A)	income.
			B)	education.
			C)	status.
			D)	none of the above.
35		According to the essay "Patriarchy Gets Funky: The Triumph of Identity Marketing":
			A)	although oppression is undesirable, exploitation is worse.
			B)	having openly gay people on TV has made life more difficult for other gay people because of backlash.
			C)	the promotion of diversity by manufacturers and advertisers is a narrow achievement for activists.
			D)	the market has adopted multiculturalism out of a sense of social commitment.
36		In the essay "Is Race Over?" the author states that:
			A)	immigrants from southern and eastern Europe were never fully accepted as white.
			B)	predictions about the racial character of the U.S. were roughly the same at the start of both the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
			C)	the idea that "crossbreeding" will disarm racism is a fairly new idea that has arisen because of more relaxed racial attitudes.
			D)	white supremacy cannot exist without a white majority.
37		According to David R. Roediger:
			A)	white residents in the U.S. believe that whites are a minority in the U.S.
			B)	African Americans comprise 23.8% of the American population.
			C)	there are more Asian Americans than Hispanic Americans.
			D)	all of the above.
38		According to the essay "Black Men: How to Perpetuate Prejudice without Really Trying", which of the following statements about black men is true?
			A)	Black men are more likely to be perpetrators of crime than to be victims of it.
			B)	Black men are more likely than average to express anti-Semitic attitudes.
			C)	Most rap music has flourished because of free-speech protection.
			D)	None of the above.
39		Which of the following is true about rap music?
			A)	It has been a big moneymaker for Time-Warner music.
			B)	Gangsta rappers have been imprisoned for the lyrics on their albums.
			C)	Although country music can be sexist, it does not usually contain violent images, as rap music does.
			D)	All of the above.
40		According to Robert Moore, the use of the term "minorities" is problematic because:
			A)	it lumps people of color into one, indistinct group.
			B)	it has different meanings to different people.
			C)	it ignores global reality.
			D)	it objectifies ethnic groups.
41		As noted by Moore in "Racism in the English Language," the phrase "darkest Africa":
			A)	reflects the general topographical and climatic aspects of the continent.
			B)	refers to the difficulty Europeans had understanding African languages.
			C)	provided a tool for justifying the American slave trade.
			D)	referred to the high death rate from disease and poisonous snakes.
42		According to "Gender Stereotyping in the English Language," when most people hear words like "mankind" and "policeman," men typically think of male images, whereas women typically think of female images.
			A)	True
			B)	False
43		Which of the following is true, according to Laurel Richardson in "Gender Stereotyping in the English Language"?
			A)	We refer to men as "boys" as often as we refer to women as "girls."
			B)	The use of the term "girl" to refer to all females is just a common speech pattern; it does not contribute to viewing women as immature.
			C)	Making a linguistic change from "boy" to "man" helps males develop into adults.
			D)	Calling a woman a "lady" is no different than calling a man a "gentleman."
44		In "Gender Stereotyping in the English Language," which of the following words did Richardson discuss as connoting different information when paired with "man" compared to "woman"?
			A)	Easy.
			B)	Cold.
			C)	Aggressive.
			D)	Relaxed.
45		In the opening quotation in the essay "Let's Spread the 'Fun' Around: The Issue of Sport Team Names and Mascots," the statement is made that "an honor is born when it is accepted in the honoree's ear." What does this quote mean?
			A)	Native Americans' perceptions of honor are different from those of white Americans.
			B)	The objections of Native Americans have been downgraded and ignored.
			C)	The Native community wants to hear about plans to use Native images before they are invoked.
			D)	The owners of sports teams need to apologize to the Native community for their use of racial stereotypes.
46		According to Marilyn Frye:
			A)	most dictionaries define sex as something that occurs between a male and a female.
			B)	the dictionary definition for "lesbian" has the effect of defining lesbians as logically impossible.
			C)	nearly every feminist has been perceived as wishing to be a man.
			D)	all of the above.