Quilt of a Country QUIZ

Which of the following is NOT true, according to Quindlen's artice, "Quilt of a Country?"

• Ethnic pride works against American unity.

• Ethnic conflict was not an issue in the past.

• Ethnic differences have always existed in America.

• Ethnic divisions have gotten much worse in the past 50 years.

What are America's two "defining ideals" that are often in conflict?

• community and individualism

• diversity and tolerance

• ethnicity and community

• individualism and tolerance

What does the author mean when she says, "America is an improbable idea?"

• America is a difficult place to live.

• America represents ideas that are unrealistic.

• America is not different than other countries.

• America is a diverse country of many people.

What do the faces of the people who died at the World Trade Center represent?

• New York's wealthiest people

• Tourists visiting New York

• America's varied population

• the American middle class

What does this quote mean? "Of all the nations in the world, America was built in nobody's image"

• Nobody is truly American

• No single person or face can represent America

• The country was made before cameras existed.

• People cannot be themselves in America.

What does the author mean when she says, "Many of the oft-told stories of the most pluralistic nation on earth are stories not of tolerance but of bigotry?"

• Many countries that are diverse still have many people that do not accept each other.

• America is full of tolerance.

• America is full of bigotry.

• Diverse countries are more tolerant of the different cultures of the people.

According to Quindlen, "slavery and sweatshops, the burning of crosses" illustrate America's

• achievements

• beginnings

• principles

• prejudices

According to Quindlen, how is America different from other countries?

• Different ethnic groups celebrate other cultures.

• America is no more special than any other nation.

• Americans are the hardest working people on earth.

• America's diverse population are united by one spirit when faced with challenges.

Which of the following quotes BEST supports Anna Quindlen's argument in this article? **make sure it is the BEST option - this one is tricky**

• "Tolerance is a vanilla pudding word, standing for little more than the allowance of letting others live unremarked and unmolested."

• "These are the representatives of a mongrel nation that somehow, at times like this, has one spirit."

• "America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts."

• "Many of the oft-told stories of the most pluralistic nation on earth are stories not of tolerance, but of bigotry."

People who are discordant are

• conflicting

• musical

• tolerant

• unorganized