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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. What did Steele learn about himself when writing The Content of Our Character?
(a) It was necessary to write the book with a partner.
(b) That he was not a great writer after all.
(c) How others viewed him.
(d) How he thought.

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

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

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

5. How did consciousness change for blacks from the early 60's to the late 60's, in Steele's opinion?
(a) Ethical to sexual consciousness.
(b) Sexual to ethical consciousness.
(c) Racial to moral consciousness.
(d) Moral to racial consciousness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompted Steele to begin writing his first book?

2. Steele's daughter's name is which of the following?

3. At the conclusion of the introduction, who did Steele thank?

4. What did Steele say he had to seek in order to explain 'racial specifics'?

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

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