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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. Who was Steele's editor for The Content of Our Character?
(a) Bill Thomas.
(b) Bob Jones.
(c) Tom Smith.
(d) Bill White.

2. According to Steele, when an individual is tired of thinking in racial terms, he / she is said to have which of the following?
(a) Race-hatred.
(b) Race-uncertainty.
(c) Race-fatigue.
(d) Race-denial.

3. 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?
(a) Development.
(b) Ignoring it.
(c) Entitlement.
(d) Acknowledging it, but not taking any actions.

4. Chapter 6 says that blacks should not be made to believe that their progress depends on whom?
(a) Their individual selves.
(b) The black group.
(c) The government.
(d) The white group.

5. How does Steele think affirmative action truly be a positive thing?
(a) If only blacks males benefit from it.
(b) It is currently a true positive thing.
(c) If only black females benefit from it.
(d) If it takes the form of real equal opportunity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rather than doing away with racial insecurities, what type of state did Steele say many blacks fall into?

2. According to Steele, how do whites often view blacks?

3. What did Steele say whites did to encourage the black power movement to begin?

4. Steele's view said that vulnerability affects what aspects of black life?

5. What was Steele doing on the afternoon of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1986?

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