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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. Complete Steele's statement. 'Race indeed remains a source of white ____.'
(a) Shame.
(b) Power.
(c) Problem.
(d) Honor.

2. In what way did Steele say 'black innocence affects society and the government?
(a) It requires them to implement change.
(b) It doesn't affect society or government.
(c) It only affects the white community and makes it feel inferior.
(d) It only affects the black community and allows it to feel superior.

3. In what profession is Steele's wife?
(a) Nursing.
(b) Teaching.
(c) Law.
(d) Clinical psychology.

4. What is the oldest formula of aggression, according to Steele?
(a) Remain defensive in every situation to prevent being mistreated.
(b) One's difference from another makes him / her bad, which justifies another's power over that person.
(c) Love in spite of how one is being treated is the best policy.
(d) If one mistreats another, that gives the other person the right to retaliate.

5. What does Steele say is the first step to pursuing power?
(a) Conquering the victim.
(b) Violently protesting it.
(c) Convincing oneself that he / she is entitled to it.
(d) Engaging in formal training to make sure he / she can handle the power.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Steele learn about himself when writing The Content of Our Character?

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

4. Steele said what of 'black anger'?

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

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