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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. Steele believes some people have chosen what over race?
(a) Moral principles.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Religion.
(d) Popularity.

2. What is the race / ethnicity of Steele's wife?
(a) Mexican.
(b) Chinese.
(c) Caucasian.
(d) African American.

3. What type of self-proclaimed identity did Steele say he developed as a result of feeling of inferior?
(a) Anti-white.
(b) Anti-segregation.
(c) Anti-self.
(d) Anti-integration.

4. Steele said blacks are many times threatened by the repentance of whom?
(a) Their oppressors.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their alter-egos.
(d) Other blacks.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rather than doing away with racial insecurities, what type of state did Steele say many blacks fall into?

3. What type of anxiety does Steele say is especially a problem for blacks?

4. In terms of responding to racial insecurity, what did Steele comment blacks do with regard to names for themselves?

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

(see the answer key)

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