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Anna Quindlen's essay was written at the time of

• The Wall Street Crash

• The First Gulf War

• September 11 terrorist attacks

• The 1918 flu pandemic

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Quindlen uses the word "mongrel" to describe the U.S. as

• loving mixed breed dogs

• a nation made of disparate parts

• a unified and homogenous whole

• a nation of bums

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Quindlen uses the word "ostracism" to state the fact that some groups are:

• jailed at high rates

• excluded because they are "different"

• a political tactic

• homeowners

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Apartheid refers to

• legally sanctioned segregation

• a type of clothing

• how a bill becomes a law

• inaction

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"Crown thy good with brotherhood" is a line from the song

• The Star-Spangled Banner

• America the Beautiful

• Shake it Up

• This Land is Your Land

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One example Quindlen offers in her essay is

• her marriage to a man from Somalia

• her adoption of 12 children from 12 different nations

• her Italian mother's marriage to an Italian man

• her job at the New York Times

One point Quindlen seems to make is

• People will eventually forget 9/11

• America is too diverse to every succeed as a nation

• Over time, people realize that "newcomers" are not too different from themselves.

• The American dream is dead.

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

• achievements

• beginnings

• prejudices

• principles

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

• community and individualism

• diversity and tolerance

• ethnicity and community

• individualism and tolerance

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What point does Quindlen make by comparing present-day New York with Philadelphia in her father's time?

• 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.

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