The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Shelby Steele
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race in America Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Shelby Steele
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 135 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, The Recoloring of Campus Life, Student Racism, Academic Pluralism, and the End of a Dream.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of shock did Steele say individuals are said to be a part of when in mixed-race situations?
(a) Psychological.
(b) Social.
(c) Integration.
(d) Mixed.

2. In what state does Steele work?
(a) Texas.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Montana.

3. What did Steele say Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. encouraged blacks to do?
(a) 'Act white'.
(b) Work twice as hard.
(c) Only hang around black people.
(d) Live out the stereotypes placed on them.

4. Steele believes some people have chosen what over race?
(a) Moral principles.
(b) Popularity.
(c) Religion.
(d) Individuality.

5. According to Chapter 5, what do whites want to get rid of?
(a) Racial tension.
(b) Guilt.
(c) White power.
(d) Black power.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Steele's mind, what undermines the struggles for freedom?

2. What did Steele say is true of white guilt?

3. What profession did Chapter 2 say Steele worked in?

4. Since the black power movement, what did Steele say much of social policy, with respect to blacks, was geared toward?

5. Chapter 5 said, in terms of race relations, blacks had a choice between two ways to address the issue. What way did the chapter say blacks and whites agreed was best for blacks?

(see the answer key)

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