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

2. What is the reason for the accusation against Steele in Chapter 2?
(a) Because he is a part of the middle class.
(b) Because he has openly made racial slurs against blacks.
(c) Because he cannot articulate his opinions.
(d) Because he has openly made racial slurs against whites.

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

4. In Steele's mind, what undermines the struggles for freedom?
(a) Accepting defeat.
(b) Advancing from being poor to the middle class.
(c) Living in predominantly white neighborhoods.
(d) Having Chinese friends, as a black person.

5. When one rejects responsibility, what does Steele say that individual is also rejecting?
(a) Adulthood.
(b) A sense of pride.
(c) A base of power.
(d) Education.

Short Answer Questions

1. Steele believes some people have chosen what over race?

2. According to Steele, when an individual is tired of thinking in racial terms, he / she is said to have which of the following?

3. According to Chapter 5, what do whites want to get rid of?

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

5. According to Chapter 2, many blacks are afraid to do what?

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