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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 is the race / ethnicity of Steele's wife?
(a) Caucasian.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Mexican.
(d) African American.

2. What did Steele say has become synonymous with color?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Pride.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Wealth.

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

4. What did Steele say racial preference produces?
(a) Endurance.
(b) Dependence on entitlements.
(c) Empathy.
(d) Enlightenment.

5. What does Steele say must be shared between blacks and whites?
(a) Sensitivity.
(b) Love.
(c) Economic means.
(d) Responsibility.

Short Answer Questions

1. When someone uses their race to avoid addressing how he / she really feels about something, the person is engaging in what, said Steele?

2. What is Steele often accused of being?

3. In what year did the black power movement begin to rise?

4. As per Steele, what produces ethnic balkanization?

5. How does Steele define the self-descriptions that justify one's fears?

(see the answer key)

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