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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 did an old professor of Steele's say?
(a) 'Practice what you preach.'
(b) 'Charity begins at home.'
(c) 'Education is key.'
(d) 'Ideas themselves come a dime a dozen.'

2. With regard to racial insecurity, blacks prove this by portraying what type of attitude about black pride, according to Steele?
(a) They are obsessed with it and make that well-known.
(b) They hate it, but act like they are very fond of it.
(c) They hate it.
(d) They secretly love it, but act as if they hate it.

3. What inflates the individual seeking power over another, according to Steele?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Pride.
(c) Greed.
(d) Innocence.

4. What does Steele say would be the secret to writing this book, if there was such a a thing?
(a) Politics plays a key role in the separation of race, of which he writes.
(b) Commence with the premise that all races are composed of humans.
(c) He is only writing from a subjective point-of-view.
(d) He is only writing from an objective point-of-view.

5. In what type of setting did Steele experience discrimination and therefore the feeling of inferiority?
(a) Segregated church.
(b) Segregated school.
(c) Segregated social club.
(d) Segregated grocery store.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Steele, what race is considered the most 'despised' race?

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

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

4. According to Steele, accepting the negative feelings that others have towards another, generally promotes what two emotions for the 'victim'?

5. At the beginning of Chapter 1, how many of his friends was Steele sipping chardonnay with?

(see the answer key)

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