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Diversity and Society, Fifth Edition
Joseph F. Healey
Test Bank
Chapter 2: Assimilation and Pluralism: From Immigrants to White Ethnics
Multiple Choice
1. ________ sees assimilation as benign and egalitarian, a process that emphasizes sharing and
inclusion.
a. Anglo-conformity
b. Americanization
*c. The melting pot
d. An ethnic enclave
e. The middleman minority
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Types of Assimilation; p. 49
Question Type: MC
2. When integration into the majority becomes substantial, the basis for ________ third stage of
assimilation is established.
*a. Gordon’s
b. Park’s
c. Becker’s
d. Blauner’s
e. Noel’s
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Milton Gordon; p. 52
Question Type: MC
3. Which of the following theories argues that status attainment is a direct result of education, personal
values, skills, and other individual characteristics and abilities?
a. Social exchange theory
*b. Human capital theory
c. Park’s assimilation theory
d. Gordon’s assimilation theory
e. None of the above
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Human Capital Theory; p. 53
Question Type: MC
4. According to the text, which traditions still have a significant influence on American culture and
society?
a. Chinese American traditions
b. Mexican American traditions
*c. Anglo-Saxon Protestant traditions
d. African American traditions
e. Eastern European American traditions
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
, Diversity and Society, Fifth Edition
Joseph F. Healey
Test Bank
Answer Location: Types of Assimilation; p. 49
Question Type: MC
5. It was ________ that concluded that U.S. society in the 1960s actually incorporated not three but four
melting pots, each of which were internally subdivided by social class.
a. Park
b. Marx
c. Herberg
*d. Gordon
e. Blau
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Milton Gordon; p. 83
Question Type: MC
6. As late as 1920, 81% percent of employed ________ in the U.S. worked as domestics.
a. Italian-born women
b. Eastern European–born Jewish women
c. German-born women
d. Norwegian-born women
*e. Irish-born women
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender; p. 84
Question Type: MC
7. ________ work was the second most prevalent form of employment among Irish-born women as late
as 1920.
*a. Factory
b. Domestic
c. House
d. Office
e. Farming
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Gender; p. 84
Question Type: MC
8. From what group can a large percentage of immigrants between 1899 and 1924 be considered
sojourners?
a. Eastern European Jewish immigrants
b. German immigrants
c. Norwegian immigrants
*d. Italian immigrants
e. Irish immigrants
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Sojourners; p. 86
Question Type: MC
, Diversity and Society, Fifth Edition
Joseph F. Healey
Test Bank
9. The Pennsylvania Dutch, or the ________, a religious community, are also a culturally pluralistic
group.
a. Hollanders
b. Brits
c. Mennonites
*d. Amish
e. None of the above
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Types of Pluralism; p. 55
Question Type: MC
10. Which of the following groups is considered a middleman minority?
a. Cuban Americans
b. Chinese Americans
c. Korean Americans
d. Indian Americans
*e. All of the above
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Types of Pluralism; p. 56
Question Type: MC
11. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a notable increase in the visibility of and interest in
white ethnic heritage, an upsurge often referred to as the ________.
a. white supremacy movement
*b. ethnic revival
c. ethclass
d. ethnogenesis
e. none of the above
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Evolution of White Ethnicity; p. 90
Question Type: MC
12. The process of assimilation could be illustrated by . . .
a. Immigrants celebrating the holidays of their native country
b. The great-grandson of an immigrant changing his name back to the original spelling
c. A minority group member being expelled from high school because of fighting
*d. An immigrant learning the language of her new country
e. An immigrant refusing to speak English with her family
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Acculturation or Cultural Assimilation; p. 51
Question Type: MC
13. A politician states in a campaign speech, “It is inevitable that our group differences will disappear as
we grow and mature as a society.” This statement echoes the thinking of ________.
*a. Robert Park
b. Milton Gordon
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