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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Memory of Enemies.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What topic of discussion did Steele and his friends 'suddenly' bring up?
(a) Relationships.
(b) Race.
(c) Sex.
(d) Careers.

2. In Steele's opinion, why do blacks avoid 'important opportunities'?
(a) They are never in a position to engage in 'important opportunities'.
(b) Other races forbid them from doing so.
(c) They do not avoid 'important opportunities'.
(d) They do not want to run the risk of failing.

3. What did Steele say pride requires of blacks?
(a) It requires them to have a 'racist' attitude.
(b) It requires them to help other races acquire racial pride.
(c) It allows them to feel good about themselves without being accountable for their actions.
(d) It requires them to be accountable for their actions.

4. Steele said, blacks falsely associate certain experiences with negative emotions, which is the creation of what?
(a) Objective correlatives.
(b) False correlatives.
(c) Unfounded correlatives.
(d) Subjective correlatives.

5. What did Steele say is the purpose of affirmative action?
(a) Decrease discrimination.
(b) Keep discrimination at its current state.
(c) Increase discrimination.
(d) Prove there never was the issue of discrimination.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Steele say must be shared between blacks and whites?

3. Whose independence is said by Steele to be oppressed by the black identity?

4. What is one reason Steele gives for why oppression hurts?

5. What did Steele say about the main problem between races in America?

(see the answer key)

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