Question 1

According to the author, what made the incident at the traffic light racist?

Accepted Answer

A)   the angry gestures of the white passenger
B)   the fact that the author and his friends were Filipino
C)   the use of mace
D)   the particular labels the white men used to describe Carlos and his friend D

Question 2

From the author's viewpoint, which "assault with intent to hurt" caused the most lasting damage to its intended victim?

Accepted Answer

A)   the spraying of mace
B)   the hurling of the quarter
C)   the use of racial labels
D)   the court proceedings C

Question 3

After high school Carlos_____.

Accepted Answer

A)   became a career criminal
B)   went to college at Berkeley
C)   attacked the white men who had maced him
D)   we don't know from the article what he did B

Question 4

Why did the author call the incident he relates "the most painful and shocking event" of his life? Discuss why it was so painful. Consider what made it shocking to him.

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Question 5

Trask would argue that historians have engaged in_____thinking, by judging Hawaiian culture to the standards of their own culture.

Accepted Answer

A)   feudalistic
B)   civilized
C)   ethnocentric
D)   possessive

Question 6

Lorde says that_____is the most economical art form.

Accepted Answer

A)   painting
B)   photography
C)   poetry
D)   prose

Question 7

What hurt Carlos more than the mace or the night he spent in the juvenile detention center?

Accepted Answer

A)   racist labels
B)   a police beating
C)   the reactions of his parents
D)   his conscience

Question 8

How do the killings of Michael Brown, Emmett Till, and Tamir Rice illustrate the importance of understanding race, gender, and age as intersecting systems of power and domination?

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Question 9

The Hawaiian language shows possession in two ways: through the use of an "a" possessive, which indicates_____, and through the use of an "o" possessive, which denotes_____.

Accepted Answer

A)   civilized status; less developed status
B)   inherent status; acquired status
C)   acquired status; inherent status
D)   less developed status; civilized status

Question 10

According to Lorde, we tend to speak not of human difference, but human_____.

Accepted Answer

A)   aggression
B)   frustration
C)   similarity
D)   deviance

Question 11

Why is language so important to understanding a people's culture and heritage?

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Question 12

Is the failure of historians to learn the Hawaiian language the result of ignorance or ethnocentric bias? Please explain your answer.

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Question 13

According to Hawley and Flint, the_____caricature is harmful because it both dehumanizes and suggests that, even as a spiritual being, a Black person's purpose is to serve White people.

Accepted Answer

A)   "Bold Brother"
B)   "Noble Savage"
C)   "Magical Negro"
D)   "Sorrowful Sister"

Question 14

According to Lorde,_____are tricked into joining the oppressor by believing they can share power.

Accepted Answer

A)   White women
B)   Black women
C)   Jewish women
D)   Hispanic women

Question 15

How does Audre Lorde perceive the intersection between being Black and a lesbian? What are solutions proposed?

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Question 16

The author tried to channel his anger by_____.

Accepted Answer

A)   writing about it
B)   fighting back with violence
C)   hating white people
D)   dropping out of school and joining a gang

Question 17

Historians claim that Hawaiian land tenure was based on "feudalism." Trask would argue that the historians' claims are_____.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Hawley and Flint argue that when Black male bodies are constructed in the American psyche as problems to be solved, they_____.

Accepted Answer

A)   become invisible
B)   invite violence
C)   represent spirituality
D)   inspire justice

Question 19

Discuss the choices that Jeremiah and Carlos made in dealing with their anger, and compare the consequences of their different choices.

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Question 20

What excuses are often used as to why literature by women of Color is often NOT taught in college classes?

Accepted Answer

A)   They can only be taught by women of Color
B)   They are too difficult to understand
C)   The experiences presented are "too different"
D)   All of these choices are correct

Exam 1: Why Race, Class, and Gender Still Matter