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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, I'm Black, You're White, Who's Innocent?, Race and Power in an Era of Blame.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Of Jesse Jackson, Steele said he addresses the feeling of powerlessness in the following way(s):
(a) Sometimes agrees and ignores.
(b) Fully agrees.
(c) Sporadically bargains and challenges.
(d) Always ignores.

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

4. What period in time did Steele refer to as 'turbulent'?
(a) 50's.
(b) 60's.
(c) 70's.
(d) 80's.

5. Steele stated that although some of his life experiences may be different from other races, what is true?
(a) There is nothing different in the processes that drive his mind.
(b) He is of a superior race.
(c) He is of an inferior race.
(d) He should not be judged by his race.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Steele's son's name?

3. What was Steele doing on the afternoon of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1986?

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

5. Steele said that being which of the following 'in no way spares one from being human'?

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