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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. In what year did the black power movement begin to rise?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962.

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

3. Not demanding blacks to perform in a university setting is a type of what, as per Steele?
(a) Maternalism.
(b) Fraternalism.
(c) Paternalism.
(d) Fundamentalism.

4. What do many blacks say Steele has failed to recognize?
(a) Priority of the black race.
(b) Superiority of the black race.
(c) Superiority of the white race.
(d) Priority of the white race.

5. Who is white guilt beneficial to, in Steele's estimation?
(a) Blacks ONLY.
(b) Whites ONLY.
(c) Blacks and whites.
(d) No one.

Short Answer Questions

1. When one rejects responsibility, what does Steele say that individual is also rejecting?

2. What is Steele often accused of being?

3. In addition to the students, who did Steele say is responsible for racial conflicts on campus?

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

5. In Chapter 8, how did Steele say blacks 'use' their race?

(see the answer key)

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