1995 Practice Exam

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1995 Practice Exam

You can take the multiple-choice portion of the 1995 National Asian American Studies Practice Examination here.  Just use the pull-down menus to select your answer, then click the button at the bottom to score your exam.

Instructions

Choose the best response to each question.

There is a penalty for wrong answers.  You will receive 3 points for each correct answer and lose 1 point for each incorrect answer.  It is to your advantage to leave an answer blank if you cannot eliminate any of the choices for that question.

Time:  45 minutes

Questions

1.  What sentence did autoworkers Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz receive for the 1982 racially-motivated murder of Vincent Chin?

2.  The first multiethnic strike among Hawaiian plantation workers:

3.  The 1908 assassination of Durham Stevens, an American lobbyist, was viewed as an act of patriotism by many Asian Americans of which ethnicity?

4.  The intended purpose of the 1934 Tydings-McDuffie Act was:

5.  British colonial rule in India caused the emigration of Asian Indians to the United States and Canada by:

6.  Which of the following prominent Americans favored equal rights and opportunities for people of color in American society?

7.  In the early years of the 20th century, which Asian country characterized the difficulties of the first Chinese Americans as being due to "inferior character" and sought to restrict emigration to well-educated families?

8.  Unlike their parents, second-generation Chinese Americans in the 1930s generally:

9.  The 1943 repeal of the Chinese exclusion laws:

10.  Japanese American soldiers in World War II have been credited with all of the following achievements except:

11.  According to Stephen DeCastro, an effective response to racism against Filipino Americans must include:

12.  According to David Mura, the removal of racial categories may actually work against a marginalized group by:

13.  The first Asian American Studies courses to be offered in an independent Ethnic Studies department were introduced in 1969 at

14.  The number of Asian Americans in the 1990 census was approximately:

15.  Sophea Mouth (as interviewed by Sonia Shah) would probably view which of the following problems facing the Asian community in Madison, Wisconsin, as the most urgent?

16.  According to Margaretta Lin and Cheng Imm Tan, domestic violence against women is aggravated in Asian Pacific American families by all of the following factors except:

17.  According to Kent Wong, which strategy is most likely to benefit the Asian American labor movement in the coming years?

18.  In the aftermath of the Soon Ja Du murder trial in 1992, the African American leader of the Brotherhood Crusade who called for a boycott of Korean American businesses in South Central Los Angeles was:

19.  The number of Filipinos who died defending American interests during World War II was approximately:

20.  According to Glenn Omatsu, Asian American neo-conservatives are unable to address fundamental problems in the community because they: