Review Sheet for the Final Exam, ICS24/ELIT24 Winter 2010

The exam will be open books and open notes. You will have up to two hours to complete the exam.

Questions from Quizzes and from the Mid-Term

Where is Hong Kong? Describe its location in relation to places in Asia and in terms of nearby rivers and bodies of water.

Who would you meet on the streets of Manila during the Spanish colonial period, and why would they be there?

What philosophical tradition is cited in the footnote from the selection from Marilyn Chin's novel Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen?

Demographic Shifts and the formation of Asian America after World War II

What were the three largest Asian ethnicities in the US in 1960?

When were the immigration reforms that abolished the quotas that limited to only 100 the number of immigrants to the US from each country in Asia?

When did the Third World Student Strike at San Francisco State occur?

When were the first waves of refugees that came to the US from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia?

According to the 2006-2008 US census revision, which five Asian ethnicities had populations of over one million?

Interpretation

Book of Salt: Read carefully pages 187-189

  • What is the mystery about Lattimore that Stein and Toklas are so curious about?
  • What is Stein and Toklas' attitude towards Robeson? How do they make fun of him?
  • What is Stein and Toklas' attitude towards Robeson, Lattimore and Binh?
  • How is this attitude the same and different from the attitude of the police officers described in the passage from America is in the Heart that appeared on the mid-term exam? (Hint: different forms of racism)

According to Mabalon, why is it desirable to have a name? Who historically has had names and the power to name?

According to Tagami, why is it ok to not have a name?

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