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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Being Black and Feeling Blue, Black Hesitation on the Brink.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Steele often accused of being?
(a) Inauthentic.
(b) Biased.
(c) Incompetent.
(d) Racist.

2. According to Steele, what did he have to remember and forget when writing?
(a) That he was black.
(b) That he was white.
(c) That he was poor.
(d) That he was a man.

3. Who was Steele's editor for The Content of Our Character?
(a) Bill White.
(b) Tom Smith.
(c) Bob Jones.
(d) Bill Thomas.

4. Rather than doing away with racial insecurities, what type of state did Steele say many blacks fall into?
(a) Acceptance.
(b) Deep fear.
(c) Anger.
(d) Denial.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. On college campuses, blacks many times engage in what type of behavior, in Steele's view?

2. What do many blacks say Steele has failed to recognize?

3. What type of self-proclaimed identity did Steele say he developed as a result of feeling of inferior?

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

5. In what way did Steele say 'black innocence affects society and the government?

(see the answer key)

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