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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, Affirmative Action, The Price of Preference.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose independence is said by Steele to be oppressed by the black identity?
(a) Individualistic blacks.
(b) All mankind.
(c) Individualistic whites.
(d) Those who live under the 'white identity'.

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

3. When someone uses their race to avoid addressing how he / she really feels about something, the person is engaging in what, said Steele?
(a) Truth.
(b) Race-holding.
(c) Denial.
(d) Racial expression.

4. According to Steele, what race is considered the most 'despised' race?
(a) Blacks.
(b) Latinos.
(c) Whites.
(d) Asians.

5. What did Steele say is true of white guilt?
(a) It is openly practiced by all whites.
(b) The exhibition of racial anger by blacks is a factor of white guilt.
(c) Only descendants of slave owners experience this emotion.
(d) There is no reason for it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Emotional vulnerability is a source of what for blacks, according to Steele?

2. It's Steele's belief that what creates a false reality for blacks?

3. What did Steele mention happened to black racial identity throughout the 60's?

4. What did Steele say other blacks think of a black person who moves toward the middle class?

5. According to Steele, accepting the negative feelings that others have towards another, generally promotes what two emotions for the 'victim'?

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