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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. When someone uses their race to avoid addressing how he / she really feels about something, the person is engaging in what, said Steele?
(a) Denial.
(b) Truth.
(c) Racial expression.
(d) Race-holding.

2. On college campuses, blacks many times engage in what type of behavior, in Steele's view?
(a) Self-righteousness.
(b) Self-satisfaction.
(c) Self-segregation.
(d) Self-sacrificing.

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

4. 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 should not be judged by his race.
(c) He is of a superior race.
(d) He is of an inferior race.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What inflates the individual seeking power over another, according to Steele?

2. In what type of setting did Steele experience discrimination and therefore the feeling of inferiority?

3. What type of self-proclaimed identity did Steele say he developed as a result of feeling of inferior?

4. What period in time did Steele refer to as 'turbulent'?

5. What type of shock did Steele say individuals are said to be a part of when in mixed-race situations?

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