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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. According to Steele, accepting the negative feelings that others have towards another, generally promotes what two emotions for the 'victim'?
(a) Aggression and high self-esteem.
(b) Passiveness and high self-esteem.
(c) Aggression and low self-esteem.
(d) Passiveness and low self-esteem.

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

3. Steele said the only way to solve racial problems is to focus on what?
(a) Racial consciousness.
(b) Sexual consciousness.
(c) Moral consciousness.
(d) Ethical consciousness.

4. In Steele's mind, what undermines the struggles for freedom?
(a) Advancing from being poor to the middle class.
(b) Accepting defeat.
(c) Having Chinese friends, as a black person.
(d) Living in predominantly white neighborhoods.

5. 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) How others viewed him.
(c) That he was not a great writer after all.
(d) How he thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Steele say about the main problem between races in America?

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

3. According to Chapter 2, many blacks are afraid to do what?

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

5. Many blacks have chosen to feel what way, according to Steele?

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