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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, On Being Black and Middle Class.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Steele say is a bad source of recomposition for blacks?
(a) White nationalism.
(b) Learning ancestral roots.
(c) Black nationalism.
(d) Graduating from institutions of higher learning.

2. Steele said the only way to solve racial problems is to focus on what?
(a) Sexual consciousness.
(b) Ethical consciousness.
(c) Moral consciousness.
(d) Racial consciousness.

3. For blacks, what is a method of handling freedom, per Steele's thoughts?
(a) Acting like it doesn't exist.
(b) Believing it exists but blacks are not entitled to it.
(c) Creating a black American identity.
(d) Writing and publicly performing songs that promote the freedom.

4. Whose independence is said by Steele to be oppressed by the black identity?
(a) Those who live under the 'white identity'.
(b) Individualistic whites.
(c) All mankind.
(d) Individualistic blacks.

5. How did the status of poor blacks change, according to Steele's view?
(a) They began to identify more with the black middle class.
(b) They began to identify more with the white middle class.
(c) They began to identify more with the poor whites.
(d) They became the ultimate victims.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the race / ethnicity of Steele's wife?

2. According to Steele, what two ways do blacks generally handle the feeling of powerlessness?

3. What inflates the individual seeking power over another, according to Steele?

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

5. Complete Steele's statement. 'Race indeed remains a source of white ____.'

(see the answer key)

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