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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. Emotional vulnerability is a source of what for blacks, according to Steele?
(a) Transparency.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Innocence.
(d) Shame.

2. 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.

3. What group do many blacks say 'failed to recognize' what Steele failed to recognize?
(a) Wealthy whites.
(b) Middle class blacks.
(c) Poor blacks.
(d) Poor whites.

4. Of the following, what is a factor of white guilt, per Steele's way of thinking?
(a) The fact that statistically, many blacks are uneducated.
(b) Just being a member of the white race.
(c) Understanding of ill-gotten advantage.
(d) The fact that statistically, many blacks are poor.

5. What legislation passed when the black power movement began?
(a) Civil Rights Act.
(b) Residence Act.
(c) Housing and Urban Development Act.
(d) National Banking Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of shock did Steele say individuals are said to be a part of when in mixed-race situations?

2. What did Steele mention that black power produces?

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

4. From Steele's experience, what happened to the black students in his college?

5. Who is white guilt beneficial to, in Steele's estimation?

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