101 pages • 3 hours read
Ronald TakakiA Different Mirror
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1993A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. For select classroom titles, we also provide Teaching Guides with discussion and quiz questions to prompt student engagement.
Exam Answer Key
Multiple Choice
1. A (Part 1)
2. C (Chapter 2)
3. C (Chapter 3)
4. B (Chapters 1-3)
5. B (Chapter 4)
6. C (Chapter 5)
7. D (Chapter 5)
8. D (Chapter 6)
9. A (Chapter 8)
10. B (Chapter 9)
11. C (Chapter 10)
12. B (Chapter 13)
13. A (Chapter 14)
14. D (Chapter 15)
15. B (Chapter 17)
Long Answer
1. “Cultural pluralism” is a situation in which minority groups participate in a dominant society but maintain their cultural differences. These differences also are accepted by the dominant society. Takaki supports this definition within the text by providing examples of many examples of ethnic immigrant groups adopting American habits while still celebrating their cultural diversity. (Chapters 1-17)
2. Caliban personifies barbarity, treachery, and defilement, while Prospero epitomizes the virtues of erudition, conquest, and divine right. Even their names allude to these attributes; Caliban is associated with “cannibal,” and Prospero with prosperity (32). Although Takaki draws on The Tempest to discuss early representations of race and identity in America, he is careful to show that these representations reveal more about the English than they do about Native Americans or African Americans.
