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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. Prior to what decade did Steele say middle class blacks often distinguished themselves from poor blacks?
(a) 50's.
(b) 70's.
(c) 80's.
(d) 60's.

2. Many blacks have chosen to feel what way, according to Steele?
(a) Invisible.
(b) Insatiable.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Invincible.

3. Steele believed that middle class blacks had to maintain how many sides of themselves?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 10.

4. How did Steele say Bill Cosby deals with the feeling of powerlessness?
(a) He fully agrees.
(b) He challenges.
(c) He ignores.
(d) He bargains.

5. 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) Denial.
(c) Race-holding.
(d) Racial expression.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 6 says that blacks should not be made to believe that their progress depends on whom?

2. It's Steele's belief that what creates a false reality for blacks?

3. What profession did Chapter 2 say Steele worked in?

4. What topic of discussion did Steele and his friends 'suddenly' bring up?

5. Steele mentioned that which of the following 'spreads like spilled paint'?

(see the answer key)

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