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    This audio clip establishes that we will be listening to a conversation...

    1.   about Paul Knox in Toronto
    2.   between Rufo and Paul Knox about an essay by the political scientist Samuel Huntington
    3.   with the political scientist Samuel Huntington about the Globe & Mail, a newspaper in Toronto
    4.   about a controversial topic concerning the Canadian political scientist, Samuel Huntington.




  2. Select ALL phrases that accurately reflect the content of the audio clip:

    1. Huntington wrote about the 'clash of civilizations'.
    2. Huntington refers to the 'Hispanic challenge' to the United States
    3. Ten years ago Huntington wrote about what he called 'the Hispanic challenge' to the United States.
    4. Huntington wrote about the 'choking effect' of civilization




  3. Select ALL phrases that accurately reflect the content of the audio clip:

    1. Huntington published and article in the magazine Foreign Policy.
    2. Huntington published and article in the magazine Immigration.
    3. Huntington's article was concerned with the immigration of latinos to the U.S.
    4. Huntington's article was concerned with the dangers latinos often face while attempting to emigrate to the U.S.
    5. Huntington's article argued that Mexicans pose a threat to 'the American way of life'.




  4. Huntington says that Mexican immigrants...

    1. don't want to leave their culture behind
    2. keep on speaking Spanish when they live here in the United States
    3. the don't assimilate well into American society
    4. obligate others to learn Spanish rather than learning English
    5. are threatening to change the character of the 'American dream'




  5. About ten years ago Samuel Huntington had argued that the great world confrontations and wars of the 21st century will be fought over...

    1. natural resources
    2. different economic systems
    3. different political systems
    4. different cultural values




  6. Paul Knox contradicts Huntington's thesis because he believes that in general Latino immigrants...

    1. are generally peaceful people
    2. do want to learn English but need the resources
    3. believe in the values of hard work
    4. make an effort to adapt to America social institutions




  7. Knox points out that, unlike many other immigrant groups in the United States, Latinos cherish their ethnic heritage by...

    1. continuing to eat ethnic foods.
    2. maintaining a close relationship with their home country and returning often.
    3. living in separate Latino neighborhoods that recreate the look and feel of their home country.
    4. convincing Americans to eat less ketchup and more salsa.




  8. Knox compares the recent hysteria over Latino immigrants with the way Americans were once disturbed by the cultural influence of...

    1.   the Soviet Union on the arts.
    2.   the Irish in Boston.
    3.   African Americans on the mainstream of American culture.
    4.   the Pope.