開課系所：理外民共英
課程名稱：閱讀美國文化
授課老師：陳奏賢
考試日期︰982期中考
試題：
Reading Comprehension: (60%)
1. What article is the following passage quoted from?
"From a more than comfortable lifestyle amid a fabulously expansive
economy in the 'Roaring Twenties,' the American people tumbled into
the abyss of the Great Depression."
(A) "The Cult of Ethnicity, Good and Bad" by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
(B) "Introduction to America at The Crossroads" by Jerome Prescott
(C) "My Two Lives" by Jhumpa Lahiri
(D) "'FOBs' vs. 'Twinkies' : The New Discrimination is Intraracial"
by Grace Hsiang
2. "Eroupe-the unique source of the liberating ideas of democracy, civil
liberties and human rights- is portrayed as the root of all evil, and
non-European cultures, their own many crimes deleted, are presented as
the means of redemption." Here, what is "the root of all evil" most likely
to be referred to?
(A) Eurocentrism
(B) The Great Depression
(C) The American Civil War
(D) Racial Separatism
3. Which article is the following passage quoted from?
"The new American nationality was inescapably English in language, ideas
and institutions. The pot did not melt everybody, not even all the white
immigrants; deeply bred racism put black Americans, yellow Americans, red
Americans and brown Americans well outside the pale.
(A) "The Cult of Ethnicity, Good and Bad" by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
(B) "Introduction to America at The Crossroads" by Jerome Prescott
(C) "My Two Lives" by Jhumpa Lahiri
(D) "'FOBs' vs. 'Twinkies' : The New Discrimination is Intraracial"
by Grace Hsiang
4. What is Ku Klux Klan?
(A) An American clergyman, activist and prominent leader in the African
American civil rights movement
(B) The fifth Great Emperor of the Mongol Empire from 1260 to 1294
(C) The movements in the United States aimed at racial dignity and freedom
from oppression by White Americans
(D) The right wing hate groups in the United States whose purpose is to
protect the rights of White Americans by violance
5. What date is the term "Black Tuesday" closest in hitorical event?
(A) November 11, 1918
(B) October 29, 1929
(C) June 6, 1944
(D) August 14, 1945
6. What article is the following passage quoted from?
"In the Asian Community, the slurs heard most often are not terms such as
'Chink' or 'Jap', but rather 'white-washed'(too assimilated). When Asian
Americans hit puberty, they seem to divide into two camps, each highly
critical of the each other."
(A) "The Cult of Ethnicity, Good and Bad" by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
(B) "Introduction to America at The Crossroads" by Jerome Prescott
(C) "My Two Lives" by Jhumpa Lahiri
(D) "'FOBs' vs. 'Twinkies' : The New Discrimination is Intraracial"
by Grace Hsiang
7. "Not all young Asian Americans buy into the dichotomy between
"'FOBs' vs. 'Twinkies'" The word "dichotomy" is closest in meaning to
(A) binary
(B) imitation
(C) redemption
(D) synthesis
8. Which sentences best state the situation of the following passage quoted?
"Torn by the Great Depression, the lead and its people stood with one
foot in the rural traditions of an earlier century and the each other
on the threshold of the promise of a better, bolder future that, for most
people, was near enough to imagine, but just too distant to touch."
(A) Farmers, especially those in mid-America, had been particularly hard
hit by the Depression
(B) No portraits of America at the crossroads can compare to the brilliant
photography of the period.
(C) The United States was at a crossroads
(D) Many historians blame Hoover for the Great Depression, but the causes
were complex.
9. In the article "'FOBs' vs. 'Twinkies': The New Discrimination is
Intraracial", the word "Twinkies" is referred to
(A) The second-generation kids of Asian Americans who refuse to reconize
their cultural backgrounds.
(B) The second-generation kids of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate
to the American society.
(C) The Asian Americans who are yellow on the outside, white on the inside.
(D) The Indian Americans who are too shy to assimilate to the American society
10. What article is the following passage quoted from?
"According to my parents I was not American, nor would I ever be no matter
how hard I tried. I felt doomed by their pronouncement, misunderstood
and gradually defiant. In spite of the first lessons of arithmetic, one
plus one did not equal two but zero, my conflicting selves always
canceling each other out."
(A) "The Cult of Ethnicity, Good and Bad" by Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
(B) "Introduction to America at The Crossroads" by Jerome Prescott
(C) "My Two Lives" by Jhumpa Lahiri
(D) "'FOBs' vs. 'Twinkies' : The New Discrimination is Intraracial"
by Grace Hsiang
11. In the passage of question 10, what is the word "defiant" closest in
meaning to?
(A) disdainful
(B) disobedient
(C) disconnected
(D) distinctive
12. Which of the following statement about the Great Depression is NOT true?
(A) The New Deal aimed at putting the unemployed to work building roads,
government buildings and other projects.
(B) F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby portrayed the age of the
Great Depression.
(C) After a decade of enormous growth, the world economy virtually collapsed.
(D) It was an economic disaster that engulfed an entire generation, and it
lasted for more than a decade.
13. "I think you're an overeducated 27-year-old virgin who likes to hold the
hands of superstitious old ladies and promise them everlasting life."
Who is the "overeducated 27-year-old virgin" Walt Kowalski describes?
(A) Josh Kowalski
(B) Father Janovich
(C) Thao Vang Lor
(D) Smokie
14. "He's a pussy kid from next door. I'm trying to man him up a little bit."
says Walt Kowalski in Gran Torino. Walt is
(A) talking to Father Janovich about why he helps Thao.
(B) talking to Barber Martin about why he brings Thao to his barbershop.
(C) talking to Sue about why he orders Thao to work for him.
(D) talking to the Hmong gangs why he wants them to keep away from Thao.
15. "They were going to take me away. They're pissed because I blew my first
initiation," says Thao. The word "initiation" is closest in meaning to
(A) beginning
(B) termination
(C) consummation
(D) narration
Essay Questions:(40%)
Using information you learned in class and through discussions and your
readings, choose TWO of the following questions and answer with 100~150
words for each.
1. How is the America you learned about different from what you believed
about America in the beginning of this semester? Explain, giving examples.
2. What has been your favorite reading in this course so far? Explain how it
has helped you understand American culture better.
3. Choose ONE of the following quotations, consider their importance to the
plot and characterization, and discuss how they help you understand the
meanings in Gran Torino.
a. "What is this 'bro' shit anyway? These guys don't want to be your bro
and I don't blame them."
b. "I have more in common with these gooks than I do with my own spoiled
rotten family."
c. "Now you go out and come back in and talk to him like a man, like a
REAL man. Come on!"
d. "I knew really nothing about life and death, until I got to know Walt...
and boy, did I learn."
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