American Issues
Multiple Choice Test for
Culture Meetings
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1) In order to get permanent residence in the USA you need
a) A wildcard
b) A yellow card
c) A green card
d) A red card
2) Ellis Island is
a) A seaside resort
b) From 1892 to 1954 gateway for immigrants
c) A former correctional facility for women. Closed since 1977
d) A fashionable outing for Manhattaners
3) Primarily immigrants today come from
a) Latin America
b) Asia
c) Europe
d) Africa
4) The second-largest group of immigrants today comes from
a) Latin America
b) Asia
c) Europe
d) Africa
5) Jacob A. Riis is one of the best-known Danish-American immigrants
due to
a) his paintings of sights in the New York area.
b) his highly critical photographs of New York immigrants
c) his outstanding architectural design which is still noticeable
in New York today
d) his acclaimed plays about life as a Dane living in New York
6) In Queens you will find a Jacob A. Riis memorial, namely
a) Jacob Riis Park
b) A sculpture of Jacob Riis
c) A street called Jacob Riis Avenue
d) A Jacob Riis museum
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7) This is the question asked by a reader of Time and answered by a
famous immigrant. Who is it?
”What are your thoughts on the immigrant debate?
(Seyi Falade, NEW YORK CITY)
I’m troubled by it. When [my family] came from England during the
war, people said, “You are welcome here. What can we do to help?”
I am a beneficiary of the American people’s generosity, and I hope
we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows the
U.S. to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.”
(Source: Time, 2008, vol. 171. No 39)
a) Woody Allen
b) Salman Rushdie
c) Don Delillo
d) Former Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright.
8) In California a group of Danish immigrants founded a city in 1911
called
a) Dannevang
b) Solvang
c) Little Denmark
d) Danish Town
9) When an American immigrant is given almost the same rights as a
person, who is born in America it is called
a) Dual citizenship
b) Citizenship
c) Nationality
d) Naturalization
10) When you talk about the Cajuns and Cajun food, you refer to
a) A group of people of French Catholic ancestry who settled in
Louisiana and their famous cuisine such as chicken gumbo and
crawfish.
b) A group of people of Irish Catholic ancestry who settled in New
York and made their specialities such as Irish stew known.
c) A group of people of German descent who settled in the Mid west and brought with them a special culinary tradition of
potato cooking.
d) A group of people of Norwegian descent who settled in Minne-
sota and introduced the game traditions of their old country to
their new one.
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Assignment
Insert the missing words in the word patterns below.
Noun
Adjective
(a concept/abstract)
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Noun
(a person)
1. _________________
_________________
philanthropist
2. Racism
_________________
_________________
3. _________________
humanitarian
_________________
4. _________________
immigrant
_________________
5. _________________
segregationist
_________________
6. Expatriation
_________________
_________________
7. _________________
_________________
native