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Multicultural Education in a
Pluralistic Society
Twelfth Edition
Donna M. Gollnick,
Retired, TEACH-NOW Graduate School of Education and Council
for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
Philip C. Chinn,
Professor Emeritus, California State University,
Los Angeles
Prepared by Adam W. Jordan,
College of Charleston
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Foundations of Multicultural Education 1
Learning Objective Quizzes 1
Application Exercises 16
Test Items 19
Test Answer Key 26
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, Chapter 1: Foundations of Multicultural Education
Chapter 1 Learning Objective Quizzes
Learning Objective 1.1: Understand and respect the diversity of students and their
families in U.S. schools.
[Q1]
When considering the racial breakdown of teachers in the United States, which racial
subgroup represents the vast majority?
1. Black
2. Asian
3. White [correct]
4. Latinx
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
The number of Black teachers in the teaching force is underrepresented in comparison
to the demographic breakdown of students.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
The number of Asian teachers in the teaching force is underrepresented in comparison
to the demographic breakdown of students.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
Elementary and secondary teachers who are White make up nearly 80% of the teaching
force. This does not match the racial demographics of the student body, and is thus an
area in which the field of education must work to address.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
The number of Latinx teachers in the teaching force is underrepresented in comparison
to the demographic breakdown of students.
[Q2]
Which of the following geographic regions in the United States represents the least
amount of racial diversity in schools?
1. Northeast
2. Midwest [correct]
3. South
4. West
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,[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
While the majority of students in the Northeast are White, over 20% are Hispanic and
over 10% are Black.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
Schools in midwestern states are the least diverse, with only one in three students
being a student of color.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
Over 20% of the school-aged population in the South is composed of individuals who
are Black.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
The West is home to a high percentage of Hispanic students and their families.
[Q3]
Which of the following represents the percentage of students in the United States who
attend a high-poverty school?
1. 20% [correct]
2. 30%
3. 40%
4. 50%
[Feedback for Correct Answer 1]
Nearly one in five students in the United States attends a high-poverty school where
75% or more of the student body receives free and reduced lunch.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
This percentage is not an accurate representation of the number of students who attend
a high-poverty school.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
This percentage is not an accurate representation of the number of students who attend
a high-poverty school.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
This percentage is not an accurate representation of the number of students who attend
a high-poverty school.
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,[Q4]
Which of the following best represents the concept of the Least Restrictive Environment
(LRE)?
1. LRE represents the least challenging educational setting for all students.
2. LRE represents a situation where students are free to conduct school as they
please.
3. LRE represents a situation where students with and without disabilities are educated
together in the most appropriate setting. [correct]
4. LRE means that students are grouped based on ability for ease of educational
delivery.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
LRE is not concerned with ease, but rather appropriateness.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
LRE is not focused on student choices for schooling structures.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
LRE is a construct in Special Education which represents the setting in which students
with disabilities can be educated alongside nondisabled peers in the most appropriate
setting.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
LRE is not focused on ability grouping. In fact, this would be against the concept of LR
E.
Learning Objective 1.2: Describe the role that culture plays in the lives of students and
how you can incorporate their cultures in the classroom to support their social and
emotional development and their academic learning.
[Q1]
The culture of the United States is a dynamic culture. However, which of the following is
most closely associated with a stereotypical view of culture in the United States?
1. Aggression
2. Cultural inclusivity
3. Individualism [correct]
4. Language integration
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
While this may be a stereotypical viewpoint held by some, this is not the correct answer.
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,[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
While the United States is made up of individuals representing many different cultures,
issues of inequality are still present in American culture.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
Stereotypically, American culture is often thought of as an individualistic and capitalistic
culture where individuals strive for individual achievements.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
Many languages are spoken in the United States, but stereotypically the US largely
operates with English as a dominant language.
[Q2]
Within the dominant culture, there are always other smaller cultural groups. Which of
the following describes this concept?
1. Microcultures
2. Subcultures [correct]
3. Mini-cultures
4. Other cultures
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
Microcultures do exist, but generally, they’re considered much smaller and specialized
than the correct answer.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
The term subcultures is used to describe the smaller cultures that exist within larger
cultural groups.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
“Mini-cultures” is not a term commonly used to discuss smaller cultural groups.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
This answer choice is much too broad. Additionally, the correct answer choice doesn’t
describe an entirely “other” culture, but rather a part of a broader cultural group.
[Q3]
Which of the following best describes the rate at which cultures typically change?
1. Some cultures change rapidly, others more slowly. [correct]
2. Cultures change rapidly.
3. Cultures change slowly.
4. Culture rarely ever changes.
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, [Feedback for Correct Answer 1]
Some cultures undergo constant and rapid change; others are slow to change.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
This is true for some cultures or cultural norms, but this is not always the case.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
This is true for some cultures or cultural norms, but this is not always the case.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
Culture is constantly changing.
[Q4]
Which of the following terms best describes the relationship of power and inequality?
1. Cultural competence
2. Dominant culture
3. Intersectionality [correct]
4. Subculture
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
While cultural competence is an important component of any study of power and
inequality, this is not the correct answer.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
Understanding the dominant culture is important in understanding power dynamics, but
this is not the correct answer.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
Intersectionality was first conceptualized as having an important impact on our identity
by Black feminists Kimberlé Crenshaw, Patricia Hills Collins, Audre Lorde, Bell Hooks,
and others who theorized that their gender and class interacted with their race to shape
their identity. Researchers, sociologists, and educators now use an intersectional
approach to analyze “the relationships of power and inequality within a social setting
and how these shape individual and group identities” (Tefera, Powers, & Fischman,
2018, p. ).
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
Subcultures refer to smaller cultures within larger cultures, but this is not the correct
answer.
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Pluralistic Society, 12th edition Gollnick
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1- The file is chapter after chapter.
2- We have shown you few pages sample.
3- The file contains all Appendix and Excel sheet
if it exists.
4- We have all what you need, we make update
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waiting you.
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, Chapter 1
Test Item File
Multicultural Education in a
Pluralistic Society
Twelfth Edition
Donna M. Gollnick,
Retired, TEACH-NOW Graduate School of Education and Council
for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation
Philip C. Chinn,
Professor Emeritus, California State University,
Los Angeles
Prepared by Adam W. Jordan,
College of Charleston
,This work is protected by United States copyright laws and is provided solely for
the use of instructors in teaching their courses and assessing student learning.
Dissemination or sale of any part of this work (including on the World Wide Web)
will destroy the integrity of the work and is not permitted. The work and materials
from it should never be made available to students except by instructors using
the accompanying text in their classes. All recipients of this work are expected to
abide by these restrictions and to honor the intended pedagogical purposes and
the needs of other instructors who rely on these materials.
Product Manager: Drew Bennett
Content Analyst: Rebecca Fox-Gieg
Content Producer: Deepali Malhotra
Copyright © 2025, 2021, 2017 by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights
Reserved. Manufactured in the United States of America. This publication is protected
by copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisher prior to any
prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission in any form or by
any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise. For
information regarding permissions, request forms, and the appropriate contacts within
the Pearson Education Global Rights and Permissions department, please visit
www.pearsoned.com/permissions/.
PEARSON are exclusive trademarks owned by Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliates
in the U.S. and/or other countries.
Unless otherwise indicated herein, any third-party trademarks, logos, or icons that may
appear in this work are the property of their respective owners, and any references to
third-party trademarks, logos, icons, or other trade dress are for demonstrative or
descriptive purposes only. Such references are not intended to imply any sponsorship,
endorsement, authorization, or promotion of Pearson’s products by the owners of such
marks, or any relationship between the owner and Pearson Education, Inc., or its
affiliates, authors, licensees, or distributors.
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, Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Foundations of Multicultural Education 1
Learning Objective Quizzes 1
Application Exercises 16
Test Items 19
Test Answer Key 26
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, Chapter 1: Foundations of Multicultural Education
Chapter 1 Learning Objective Quizzes
Learning Objective 1.1: Understand and respect the diversity of students and their
families in U.S. schools.
[Q1]
When considering the racial breakdown of teachers in the United States, which racial
subgroup represents the vast majority?
1. Black
2. Asian
3. White [correct]
4. Latinx
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
The number of Black teachers in the teaching force is underrepresented in comparison
to the demographic breakdown of students.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
The number of Asian teachers in the teaching force is underrepresented in comparison
to the demographic breakdown of students.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
Elementary and secondary teachers who are White make up nearly 80% of the teaching
force. This does not match the racial demographics of the student body, and is thus an
area in which the field of education must work to address.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
The number of Latinx teachers in the teaching force is underrepresented in comparison
to the demographic breakdown of students.
[Q2]
Which of the following geographic regions in the United States represents the least
amount of racial diversity in schools?
1. Northeast
2. Midwest [correct]
3. South
4. West
1
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,[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
While the majority of students in the Northeast are White, over 20% are Hispanic and
over 10% are Black.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
Schools in midwestern states are the least diverse, with only one in three students
being a student of color.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
Over 20% of the school-aged population in the South is composed of individuals who
are Black.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
The West is home to a high percentage of Hispanic students and their families.
[Q3]
Which of the following represents the percentage of students in the United States who
attend a high-poverty school?
1. 20% [correct]
2. 30%
3. 40%
4. 50%
[Feedback for Correct Answer 1]
Nearly one in five students in the United States attends a high-poverty school where
75% or more of the student body receives free and reduced lunch.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
This percentage is not an accurate representation of the number of students who attend
a high-poverty school.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
This percentage is not an accurate representation of the number of students who attend
a high-poverty school.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
This percentage is not an accurate representation of the number of students who attend
a high-poverty school.
2
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,[Q4]
Which of the following best represents the concept of the Least Restrictive Environment
(LRE)?
1. LRE represents the least challenging educational setting for all students.
2. LRE represents a situation where students are free to conduct school as they
please.
3. LRE represents a situation where students with and without disabilities are educated
together in the most appropriate setting. [correct]
4. LRE means that students are grouped based on ability for ease of educational
delivery.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
LRE is not concerned with ease, but rather appropriateness.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
LRE is not focused on student choices for schooling structures.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
LRE is a construct in Special Education which represents the setting in which students
with disabilities can be educated alongside nondisabled peers in the most appropriate
setting.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
LRE is not focused on ability grouping. In fact, this would be against the concept of LR
E.
Learning Objective 1.2: Describe the role that culture plays in the lives of students and
how you can incorporate their cultures in the classroom to support their social and
emotional development and their academic learning.
[Q1]
The culture of the United States is a dynamic culture. However, which of the following is
most closely associated with a stereotypical view of culture in the United States?
1. Aggression
2. Cultural inclusivity
3. Individualism [correct]
4. Language integration
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
While this may be a stereotypical viewpoint held by some, this is not the correct answer.
3
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,[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
While the United States is made up of individuals representing many different cultures,
issues of inequality are still present in American culture.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
Stereotypically, American culture is often thought of as an individualistic and capitalistic
culture where individuals strive for individual achievements.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
Many languages are spoken in the United States, but stereotypically the US largely
operates with English as a dominant language.
[Q2]
Within the dominant culture, there are always other smaller cultural groups. Which of
the following describes this concept?
1. Microcultures
2. Subcultures [correct]
3. Mini-cultures
4. Other cultures
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
Microcultures do exist, but generally, they’re considered much smaller and specialized
than the correct answer.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 2]
The term subcultures is used to describe the smaller cultures that exist within larger
cultural groups.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
“Mini-cultures” is not a term commonly used to discuss smaller cultural groups.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
This answer choice is much too broad. Additionally, the correct answer choice doesn’t
describe an entirely “other” culture, but rather a part of a broader cultural group.
[Q3]
Which of the following best describes the rate at which cultures typically change?
1. Some cultures change rapidly, others more slowly. [correct]
2. Cultures change rapidly.
3. Cultures change slowly.
4. Culture rarely ever changes.
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, [Feedback for Correct Answer 1]
Some cultures undergo constant and rapid change; others are slow to change.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
This is true for some cultures or cultural norms, but this is not always the case.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 3]
This is true for some cultures or cultural norms, but this is not always the case.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
Culture is constantly changing.
[Q4]
Which of the following terms best describes the relationship of power and inequality?
1. Cultural competence
2. Dominant culture
3. Intersectionality [correct]
4. Subculture
[Feedback for Answer Choice 1]
While cultural competence is an important component of any study of power and
inequality, this is not the correct answer.
[Feedback for Answer Choice 2]
Understanding the dominant culture is important in understanding power dynamics, but
this is not the correct answer.
[Feedback for Correct Answer 3]
Intersectionality was first conceptualized as having an important impact on our identity
by Black feminists Kimberlé Crenshaw, Patricia Hills Collins, Audre Lorde, Bell Hooks,
and others who theorized that their gender and class interacted with their race to shape
their identity. Researchers, sociologists, and educators now use an intersectional
approach to analyze “the relationships of power and inequality within a social setting
and how these shape individual and group identities” (Tefera, Powers, & Fischman,
2018, p. ).
[Feedback for Answer Choice 4]
Subcultures refer to smaller cultures within larger cultures, but this is not the correct
answer.
5
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