Which of the following is NOT a reason cited by the authors for why models are an important group to study sociologically?
a. Modeling is similar to and different from other occupations in which people make their living by displaying their bodies.
b. Modeling provides a good example of how workers learn to manage their bodily capital, a concern for anyone employed in the business of using their bodies for work.
c. Models are a good example of people who have to do solitary activity, without coaching and away from their work sites.
d. Models are important to study because they are usually women who the society sees as beautiful and this is a good avenue to study sexism in American culture.
Question 2For the most part, people who experienced flexible ethnicity in this study were
a. Men and monoracial.
b. Women and monoracial.
c. Men and multiracial.
d. Women and multiracial.
Question 3Vasquez tells the story of Carmina Dos Santo, a monoracial woman. Which of the following best describes Carmina?
a. Dark skin, dark hair, brown eyes.
b. Light skin, light hair, green eyes.
c. Light skin, dark hair, blue eyes.
d. Dark skin, light hair, hazel eyes.
Question 4Vasquez tells the story of Auscenscio. Which of the following best describes how he fit into American society?
a. His job and schooling were related to his Mexican heritage, his language was mostly Spanish, and he was viewed as a Mexican-American.
b. His job and schooling were related to his Mexican heritage, but he spoke English fluently, and thus people saw him as an American.
c. His job and schooling were based on American assimilation, his language was English, but people still treated mostly as a person of Mexican descent.
d. His job and schooling were like any middle-class American, he spoke English, and his identification was purely as an American.
Question 5In the example of Jillian Rosenberg from this study, which best describes how she was treated in society?
a. Since her name was Rosenberg, people treated her as if she was Jewish-American, despite the fact that she has half Mexican.
b. Because of the color of her skin, people assumed she was from Mexico and treated he as if she was an illegal immigrant.
c. In her Southern California culture, she was made to feel negative and lower-class, but at college, she was exoticized as non-white.
d. She embraced both cultures, never felt an identity crisis' from it, and never felt any sort of discrimination or different sort of treatment.
Question 6What was the way in which many of the multiracial women in this study were conceived in terms of their sexuality?
a. They were perceived as being virginal, very Catholic, uptight, and not sexually interested.
b. They were perceived as being exotic, erotic, and sexual in ways that monoracial women are not.
c. The multiracial women in this study did not note any difference in how people treated them sexually as compared to the monoracial women they knew.
d. None of the above.
Question 7According to this article, what is a problem that can occur when monoracial women get married?
a. Before they were married, they could get by without people knowing their racial heritage.
b. After they get married, some of the advantages they received in society may be taken away from them.
c. These women can be outed for their racial heritage and it can change how other people relate to her.
d. All of the above.
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