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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. What inflates the individual seeking power over another, according to Steele?
(a) Pride.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Ignorance.
(d) Greed.

2. According to Steele, when an individual is tired of thinking in racial terms, he / she is said to have which of the following?
(a) Race-denial.
(b) Race-hatred.
(c) Race-uncertainty.
(d) Race-fatigue.

3. In what type of setting did Steele experience discrimination and therefore the feeling of inferiority?
(a) Segregated school.
(b) Segregated grocery store.
(c) Segregated social club.
(d) Segregated church.

4. According to Steele, what race is considered the most 'despised' race?
(a) Whites.
(b) Blacks.
(c) Latinos.
(d) Asians.

5. With regard to racial insecurity, blacks prove this by portraying what type of attitude about black pride, according to Steele?
(a) They hate it, but act like they are very fond of it.
(b) They hate it.
(c) They secretly love it, but act as if they hate it.
(d) They are obsessed with it and make that well-known.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Steele say Bill Cosby deals with the feeling of powerlessness?

2. In Steele's opinion, why do blacks avoid 'important opportunities'?

3. Steele said blacks are many times threatened by the repentance of whom?

4. Steele said the only way to solve racial problems is to focus on what?

5. How did Steele say blacks address doubt?

(see the answer key)

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