18. CITIES, IMMIGRANTS, AND THE NATION, 1880

Quiz for Guided Analysis Document 18.1 Anzia Yerzierska, Immigrant Fathers and Daughters, 1925

Quiz for Guided Analysis: Document 18.1: Anzia Yerzierska, Immigrant Fathers and Daughters, 1925

Guided Analysis: Document 18.1: Anzia Yerzierska, Immigrant Fathers and Daughters, 1925

Choose the best answer to the question.

Question 18.1

1. According to Reb Smolinski, which of the following best summarizes the relationship between a father and a daughter?

Friendship

Obedience

Communication

Affection

Question 18.2

2. In what way was the story of Reb and Sara indicative of the immigrant community in the early 1900s?

Immigrants faced a great deal of discrimination in America.

The working-class conditions were unsafe and unhealthy.

Women were often considered subservient to men in the early 1900s.

Older and younger generations often disagreed over lifestyle.

Question 18.3

3. What is the primary argument that Reb uses to opposed Sara’s plan to work and stay in New York City rather than continuing to live with her father?

Religion

Money

Efficiency

Companionship

Question 18.4

4. How does the character of Sara represent Anzia Yerzierska and thousands of other similar immigrants in America?

She is Jewish and stubborn.

She is a young, single, working-class woman.

She is writing a novel.

She was married young.

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